- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication 01
- Dedication 02
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Chemical thermodynamics and flame temperatures
- Chapter 2. Chemical kinetics
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Rates of Reactions and Their Temperature Dependence
- 2.3. Simultaneous Interdependent Reactions
- 2.4. Chain Reactions
- 2.5. Pseudo-First-Order Reactions and the “Falloff” Range
- 2.6. The Partial Equilibrium Assumption
- 2.7. Pressure Effect in Fractional Conversion
- 2.8. Chemical Kinetics of Large Reaction Mechanisms
- Problems
- Chapter 3. Explosive and general oxidative characteristics of fuels
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Chain Branching Reactions and Criteria for Explosion
- 3.3. Explosion Limits and Oxidation Characteristics of Hydrogen
- 3.4. Explosion Limits and Oxidation Characteristics of Carbon Monoxide
- 3.5. Explosion Limits and Oxidation Characteristics of Hydrocarbons
- 3.6. The Oxidation of Aldehydes
- 3.7. The Oxidation of Methane
- 3.8. The Oxidation of Higher-Order Hydrocarbons
- Problems
- Chapter 4. Flame phenomena in premixed combustible gases
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Laminar Flame Structure
- 4.3. Laminar Flame Speed
- 4.4. Stability Limits of Laminar Flames
- 4.5. Flame Progagation through Stratified Combustible Mixtures
- 4.6. Turbulent Reacting Flows and Turbulent Flames
- 4.7. Stirred Reactor Theory
- 4.8. Flame Stabilization in High-Velocity Streams
- 4.9. Combustion in Small Volumes
- Problems
- Chapter 5. Detonation
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Detonation Phenomena
- 5.3. Hugoniot Relations and the Hydrodynamic Theory of Detonations
- 5.4. Comparison of Detonation Velocity Calculations with Experimental Results
- 5.5. The ZND Structure of Detonation Waves
- 5.6. The Structure of the Cellular Detonation Front and Other Detonation Phenomena Parameters
- 5.7. Detonations in Nongaseous Media
- Problems
- Chapter 6. Diffusion flames
- Chapter 7. Ignition
- Chapter 8. Environmental combustion considerations
- Chapter 9. Combustion of nonvolatile fuels
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Thermochemical data and conversion factors
- Appendix B: Adiabatic flame temperatures of hydrocarbons
- Appendix C: Specific reaction rate constants
- Appendix D: Bond dissociation energies of hydrocarbons
- Appendix E: Flammability limits in air
- Appendix F: Laminar flame speeds
- Appendix G: Spontaneous ignition temperature data
- Appendix H: Minimum spark ignition energies and quenching distances
- Appendix I: Programs for combustion kinetics
- Index
Combustion
Fifth Edition
Irvin Glassman
Princeton University
Richard A. Yetter
The Pennsylvania State University
Nick G. Glumac
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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