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Fundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications
- 1st Edition - July 29, 2022
- Editor: Seyed Ehsan Hosseini
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 2 4 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 3 4 6 - 2
Fundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications is a comprehensive reference on the flameless combustion mode and its industrial applications, consid… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications is a comprehensive reference on the flameless combustion mode and its industrial applications, considering various types of fossil and alternative fuel. Several experimental and numerical accomplishments on the fundamentals of state-of-the-art flameless combustion is presented, working to clarify the environmentally friendly aspects of this combustion mode. Author Dr. Hosseini presents the latest progresses in the field and highlights the most important achievements since invention, including the fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer and chemical kinetics. Also analyzed is fuel consumption reduction and the efficiency of the system, emissions formation and the effect of the flameless mode on emission reduction.This book provides a solid foundation for those in industry employing flameless combustion for energy conservation and the mitigation of pollutant emissions. It will provide engineers and researchers in energy system engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineers and environmental engineering with a reliable resource on flameless combustion and may also serve as a textbook for senior graduate students.
- Presents the fundamentals of flameless combustion and covers advances since its invention
- Includes experimental and numerical investigations of flameless combustion
- Analyzes emission formation and highlights the effects of the flameless mode on emission reduction
Professors, researchers and graduate/undergraduate students of thermal engineering systems, internal combustion engines, power plant design. Disciplines include energy engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Energy System design, Environmental Engineering, Economic researchers, energy policy makers, engineers in industries such as power plants, glass making factories, steel making factories, boilers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Fossil fuel crisis and global warming
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fossil fuels combustion emissions
- 3: Emission reduction in combustion systems
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Ultra-lean combustion mode
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Basic terminology and characteristics of ultra-lean combustion
- 3: Experimental and numerical studies on ultra-lean combustion mode
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Historical background of novel flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Exhaust gas recirculation and flameless combustion
- 3: Modeling aspects of flameless combustion—A brief history
- 4: Importance of geometry selection in flameless combustion
- 5: Flameless combustion of low graded fuels
- 6: Flameless combustion for gas turbines
- 7: Summary
- References
- Chapter 4: High-temperature air flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Fundamentals of flameless combustion
- 2: NO formation mechanisms
- 3: Numerical modeling
- 4: Summary
- References
- Chapter 5: Thermodynamic analysis of flameless combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Zero-dimensional modeling of MILD combustion in a WSR
- 3: First and second thermodynamic-law analysis of MILD combustion in diffusion flames
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Aerodynamics issues and configurations in MILD reactors
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reactor constraints for MILD combustion
- 3: Externally enhanced MILD reactors
- 4: MILD reactors with internal flows recirculation
- 5: Summary and remarks
- References
- Chapter 7: Heat transfer and its influence on MILD combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methane MILD combustion in a lab-scale furnace
- 3: Methane MILD combustion in a nonadiabatic perfectly-stirred reactor (PSR)
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8: Direct numerical simulations of flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: DNS of MILD combustion
- 3: Physics of MILD combustion
- 4: Modeling insights: A priori analysis from DNS
- 5: Conclusions and outlook
- References
- Chapter 9: Large eddy simulation of MILD combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Turbulence-chemistry interaction modeling
- 3: Discussion
- 4: Best-practice guidelines for LES of MILD combustion
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: Coflow and counterflow burners
- Abstract
- 1: Coflow burners
- 2: Counterflow burners
- 3: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11: Numerical investigation of the flameless combustion mode of solid fuels
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conversion of single solid fuel particle during combustion
- 3: Turbulence-chemistry interaction
- 4: Modeling of NOX formation and destruction
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 12: Chemical kinetics of flameless combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Flameless combustion paradigm
- 2: Chemical kinetics of MILD combustion
- 3: Global reaction mechanisms for MILD combustion
- 4: Detailed reaction mechanisms for MILD combustion
- 5: Effect of operating conditions: Kinetics and thermal effects
- 6: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 13: Chemistry of nitrogen oxides (NOx) formation in flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Tackling NOx emissions via flameless combustion
- 2: NOx formation: Mechanisms and chemical kinetics
- 3: Chemical effects of NOx at low temperature
- 4: The fate of fuel-N in the flameless regime
- 5: Conclusions and outlooks
- References
- Chapter 14: Heat transfer simulation in the moderate and intensive low-oxygen dilution combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: MILD combustion and swirling combustion furnaces
- 3: Mathematical models
- 4: Results and discussion
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 15: Liquid fuels flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Flameless combustion
- 3: MILD combustion
- 4: SPRF combustion
- 5: Colorless distributed combustion
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 16: Solid fuels flameless combustion
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Flameless combustion
- 3: Chemical steps of solid fuels combustion
- 4: State-of-the-art of solid fuels under flameless combustion
- 5: A case study of solid fuels flameless combustion
- 6: Potential future research directions
- References
- Chapter 17: Flameless combustion of hydrogen-enriched fuels
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Hydrogen-enriched fuels
- 3: Flameless combustion mode of hydrogen-enriched fuels
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18: Biomass and biogas flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Definition of the flameless combustion and the like
- 3: Biomass flameless combustion
- 4: Biogas flameless combustion
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 19: Ethanol flameless combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Experimental studies
- 3: Numerical studies
- 4: Outcomes and discussion
- 5: Summary
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 666
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 29, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323852449
- eBook ISBN: 9780323903462
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Seyed Ehsan Hosseini
Dr. Seyed Ehsan Hosseini PhD is an Asst. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University (ATU). He established Combustion and Sustainable Energy Laboratory (ComSEL) at ATU working on several projects such as Hydrogen production and utilization, Fuel cell, Flameless combustion, small-scale combustion, Trap Vortex Combustion (TVC) and application of Phase Change Material (PCM) in the refrigeration and electronic systems. Before joining Arkansas Tech University, Dr. Hosseini was a postdoctoral researcher fellow in Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University
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