Combustion science

The design of the burner is of considerable importance (see Combustion science and technology). Combustion must be as brief and uniform as... 

R. M. C. So, H. C. Mongia, and J. H. Whitelaw, Turbulent Reactive Flow Calculations, special issue of Combustion Science and Technology, Gordon and Breach Science Pubhshers, Inc., Montreux, Swit2erland, 1988. 

R. W. Bilger, Energy and Combustion Science, Student ed. 1, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979, pp. 109—131. 

R. Borghi, Turbulent Combustion Modeling Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 14, No. 4, Pergamon Press, Ehnsford, N.Y., 1988, pp. 

Pope, S.B., 1985. PDF methods for turbulent reactive flows. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 11, 119-192. 

I would like to thank Dr. Geraint O. Thomas (Centre for Explosion Studies, Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK) for offering to write Chapter 4. He prepared the first draft, but due to a sabbatical in Japan and other research commitments, he was unable to write the revisions. However, he did make constructive comments and suggestions on the revisions that I wrote. In addition, I would like to thank the following other individuals who provided me with technical data and other assistance based on their knowledge of flame arresters and combustion science and technology G. Binks (IMI Amal), R. Butler (Enardo). K. Chatrathi... 

Rosenblatt, M., and P. J. Hassig. 1986. Numerical simulation of the combustion of an unconfined LNG vapor cloud at a high constant burning velocity. Combust. Science and Tech. 45 245-259. 

A flame is a thin region of rapid, self sustaining oxidation of fuel that is often accompanied by the release of large amounts of heat and light. Flames are what we most coninionly associate with combustion. One part of combustion science focuses on the different ways flames can be formed and the scientific and practical consequences of each. 

Application of combustion science to practical power source devices is one of the ultimate aims of developing a fundamental understanding of combustion. 

Using combustion science to improve perfoiTnance tlirougli design changes and engineenng techniques is an ongoing reseai ch subject. 

The combustion of liquids is a fertile area for further study. Kowledge of the combustion science of individual droplets as well as groups of droplets helps improve performance of devices that rely on spray burning, particularly diesel engines. Understanding of the science of liquid pool fires potentially effects safety during spills. 

Combustion and Flame (series). New York Elsevier. Combustion Science and Technology (series). New York Gordon and Breach. 

Progi css in Energy Combustion Science (scries). New York Pergamon. 

Fundamental research in pyrotechnics is published in the US in Combustion and Flame by the Combustion Institute, and in the UK in Combustion Science and Technology and in Fuel . Germany has the new, journal, Propellants and Explosives (German Chemical Society), which is the successor to the discontinued Explosivstoffe . A necessary caveat is that these journals are strongly oriented toward combustion or propulsion so that only rarely do they yield pyrotechnic information. Likewise, the various publications of the learned societies contain much data on thermodynamics, spectroscopy, and instrumental analysis which are useful in the study of pyrotechnics. In the USSR the situation is somewhat better as Physics of Combustion and Explosion (Fizika Gorenia i Vzryva) of the Siberian Branch Academy of Sciences USSR is exclusively oriented toward subjects of interest, as several scientific institutes are primarily devoted to research in pyrotechnics. The same authors do publish also, however, in the journals of the Academy of Science USSR (of which there are several) as well as in the corresponding journals of the academies of the various republics, so that the impression is created of a high level of activity... 

I.P. Borovinskaya, A New Class of Combustion Processes , Combustion Science Technology 10 (1975), 195—201. See also A.G. Merxhanov, Regularities and Mechanism of Combustion of Pyrotechnic Titanium Boron Mixtures , 4th Symposium, see Ref 148, See also V. Maslov et al, On Gasless Combustion Mechanism , FizikaGoreniaiVziyva 12, No 5... 

Weiss, H. V., Koide, M. and Goldberg, E. D. (1971a). Selenium and sulfur in a Greenland ice sheet relation to fossil fuel combustion. Science 172, 261-263. 

However, a new era in the development of combustion science started with the foundation of the Combustion Institute in 1954, on the initiative of Bernard Lewis. The institute s influence was further strengthened in 1957 with the release of its journal Combustion and Flame. The creation of the institute brought about two important factors into research activity organization of the combustion commxmity and stimulation of international cooperation. 

The mission of the Combustion Institute is to promote research in the field of combustion science. This is done through the dissemination of research findings at systematically organized international S5nnposia on combustion and through publications. The institute plays an important role in promoting the specialized... 

Progress in combustion science is enhanced by important developments in scientific tools and new methods of analysis. Some of these are... 

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