Description
Book SynopsisExplore a unified treatment of the dynamics of combustor systems, including acoustics, fluid mechanics, and combustion in a single rigorous text. This updated new edition features an expansion of data and experimental material, updates the coverage of flow stability, and enhanced treatment of flame dynamics. Addresses system dynamics of clean energy and propulsion systems used in low emissions systems. Synthesizing the fields of fluid mechanics and combustion into a coherent understanding of the intrinsically unsteady processes in combustors. This is a perfect reference for engineers and researchers in fluid mechanics, combustion, and clean energy.
Trade Review'This well-written and well-designed book should be welcomed by all in the combustion science and engineering community, including graduate students. It will be especially useful to newer graduate students who need to learn about the breadth and depth of the field … Highly recommended.' A. M. Strauss, Choice Connect
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of the Book; 1. Basic equations; 2. Decomposition and evolution of disturbances; 3. Hydrodynamic flow stability I: linear instability; 4. Hydrodynamic flow stability II: common combustor flowfields; 5. Acoustic wave propagation I – basic concepts; 6. Acoustic wave propagation II – heat release, complex geometry, and mean flow effects; 7. Flame sheet and flow interactions; 8. Ignition; 9. Internal flame processes; 10. Flame stabilization, flashback, flameholding, and blowoff; 11. Forced response I – flamelet dynamics; 12. Forced response II – heat release dynamics; Index.
