Subject Code: ME6L108
Prerequisites: None		 Combustion & Emissions L – T – P : 3 –0 – 0 Credits: 3
Principles of Combustion, combustion chemistry. Thermodynamics of reactive systems. Reaction kinetics. Theory of premixed laminar and turbulent flames. Concepts of ignition and quenching, Burner systems. Gaseous diffusion flame, atomization of liquid fuel, stability and propagation of flames, droplet and spray combustion. Coal combustion: fixed bed combustion, pulverized coal and fluidized bed combustion. Mechanism and kinetics of coal combustion. Volatile and char combustion. Flames related to industrial applications. Combustion generated pollutants: various sources, modelling of emissions, industrial furnace emissions.
Recommended Books:
  1. J.B. Heywood, Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw Hill International Editions, 1989.
  2. B. P. Pundir, Engine Emissions: Pollutant Formation and Advances in Control Technology, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007.
  3. Handbook of Air Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines: Pollutant Formation and Control, Ed. EranSher, Academic Press, 1998.