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Fundamentals of Heat Engines: Reciprocating and Gas Turbine Internal Combustion Engines
By
Jamil Ghojel
Jamil Ghojel
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ISBN:
9781119548768
No. of Pages:
536
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2020

When studying theoretical cycles, the source of the heat input into a particular cycle is immaterial. In fuel-air and practical cycles, however, the heat source is usually a hydrocarbon fuel that reacts with an oxidant, producing heat and various gaseous products. Thermodynamics of reactive mixtures, or thermochemistry, is essentially the basic chemistry behind the reaction of hydrocarbon fuels with the oxygen of the air and broadly referred to as combustion. Combustion is a rapid exothermic chemical reaction between a fuel and the oxygen of the air, resulting in liberation of heat accompanied by bright flame.

2.1
Fuels
2.2
Stoichiometry
2.3
Chemical Reactions
2.4
Thermodynamic Properties of the Combustion Products
2.5
First Law Analysis of Reacting Mixtures
2.6
Adiabatic Flame Temperature
2.7
Entropy Change in Reacting Mixtures
2.8
Second Law Analysis of Reacting Mixtures
2.9
Chemical and Phase Equilibrium
2.10
Multi-Species Equilibrium Composition of Combustion Products
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