Introduction to processes of combustion and heat radiation, and methods for their calculations inside furnaces, boilers and combustion chambers. The objective is to provide the required foundation for students involved in research on any aspect of reacting flow, combustion and radiation, to be familiar with mathematical modelling and numerical simulations, which then can serve as guidance toward greater understanding of combustion and radiation processes that is required for producing combustion devices with ever higher efficiency and with lower pollutant emissions.

Student responsibilities:

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Evaluation of the project assignments (40%), evaluation of the results achieved at the colloquia or exams (60%).

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

Monitoring of the student attendance at the classes, interactive teaching process with active student participation in discussions during lectures and laboratory exercises. Project is used to assess the student"s ability for modelling and solving real practical problems related to combustion and radiation processes. Evaluation of the student presentation of the project. Evaluation of the results achieved at the colloquia and oral exams. Consultations. Student questionnaires.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: - analyze combustion and heat radiation processes in modern engineering systems; - perform a stoichiometric calculation of fuel combustion; - select the most appropriate model and numerical method for numerical simulation of gas and liquid fuels; - perform numerical simulation of gas fuel combustion; - perform numerical simulation of liquid fuel combustion; - analyze and solve combustion and radiation problems in modern combustion chambers by using appropriate computer CFD packages; - critically evaluate and discuss specific engineering combustion and radiation problems, inculuding polutants; - present the results of numerical simulations of combustion and radiation processes.

Lectures

1. Basics of combustion

2. Combustion statics

3. Combustion dynamics

4. Pre-mixed and non pre-mixed flames

5. Modelling of fuel gas combustion

6. Modelling of fuel liquid combustion

7. Modelling of heavy fuel oil combustion

8. Modelling the combustion of gasoline in an Otto engine

9. Modeling of diesel combustion in a diesel engine

10. Modelling the combustion of solid fuels in a layer Hottel method, Monte Carlomethod

11. Modelling the combustion of pulverized solid fuels

12. Modeling of radiative heat transfer gas temperature fluctuations, mean particle temperature

13. Modeling of radiation using the Monte Carlo method

14. Modeling of the formation of soot, NOx, SOx pollutants in the combustion process

15. Modelling of combustion and radiation and computers

Exercises

1. Examples of the combustion processes in modern engineering aplications

2. Mass calculation of combustion, Stoichiometry

3. Calculation of reaction rate

4. Pre-mixed and non pre-mixed flames - preparation for homework assignment

5. Numerical simulation of gas combustion - CH4

6. Examples of the fuel liquid combustion in modern engineering aplications

7. Numerical simulation of heavy fuel oil combustion in a IJmuiden combustion chamber

8. Numerical simulation of combustion of gasoline in an Otto engine

9. Numerical simulation of combustion of diesel fuel in a diesel engine

10. Calculation of the combustion of solid fuels in a layer

11. Numerical simulation of the combustion of pulverized coal

12. Examples of the calculation of radiation

13. Development of Monte Carlo model Example of the calculations of radiation using the Monte Carlo method based on simple geometry

14. An example of a development of NOx model

15. Exam

Compulsory literature:

Duić, Neven.
Prilog matematičkom modeliranju izgaranja plinovitog goriva u ložištu generatora pare /PhD disertation.
Zagreb: FSB, 1998,
Kuo, K.K., Principles of Combustion, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986,
Siegel.R. and Howell,J.R., Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, second edition, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, 1981.

Recommended literature:

N. Peters, Turbulent Combustion, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
J. Warnatz, U. Maas, and R. W. Dibble, Combustion, 2nd or later editions, Springer, 1999.