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Course Name Combustion
Course Code 25DT644
Program M.Tech. in Defence Technology
Semester 2
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Syllabus

Course Content:

Unit

Contents

Contact Hrs.

1.

Thermodynamics of Combustion: First law analysis and limitations, Dissociation and equilibrium, Gibbs free energy; Chemical kinetics, Combustion waves, stirred reactors

8

2.

Premixed flames: flame velocity, analytical models and flammability limits; Diffusion flames: droplet combustion, analytical models for droplet combustion

7

3.

Aircraft combustors, geometry, combustor sizing; Injection, Ignition and flame stabilization, flame holding in high speed combustion systems; Combustion instabilities, active and passive control of instabilities

6

4.

Methods of combustor cooling; Combustion and flame stabilization in afterburners

8

5.

Combustion in rockets, Combustion of Solid propellants, liquid propellants and hybrid propellants, Types of instabilities in rocket combustion,

8

6.

Design study: Combustors for Aero Engine & Rocket engine; Combustion in advanced propulsion systems: Introduction to supersonic combustion, the challenges, methods for mixing enhancement and flame stabilization

8

Total

45

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The course is intended to provide introduction to the basic concepts of combustion and their applications specific to aerospace propulsion systems including aircraft combustors ad rocket thrust chambers.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

  • Use energy equation and Gibb’s function to analyze combustion process
  • Comprehend the importance of flammability limits & flame stabilization in combustion systems
  • Analyze droplet combustion
  • Carry out design calculations for aircraft combustors and rocket thrust chambers

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books:

  1. Stephen Turns, “An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications”, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  2. Eugene L. Keating , “Applied Combustion”, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2007.
  3. Chung K. Law, “Combustion Physics”, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  4. Kenneth Kuan-yun Kuo, “Principles of Combustion”, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2005

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