TY - BOOK AU - Turns,Stephen R. TI - An introduction to combustion: concepts and applications T2 - McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering SN - 9780071260725 AV - TJ254.5 .T88 2006 PY - 2006///, c2000 CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Combustion engineering N1 - "McGraw-Hill International Editions, Mechanical Engineering Series"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Combustion and thermochemistry -- 3. Introduction to mass transfer -- 4. Chemical kinetics -- 5. Some important chemical mechanisms -- 6 Coupling chemical and thermal analyses of reacting systems -- 7. Simplifed conversation equations for reacting flows -- 8. Laminar premixed flames -- 9. Laminar diffusion flames -- 10. Droplet evaporation and burning -- 11. Introduction to turbulent flows -- 12. Turbulent premixed flames -- 13. Turbulent nonpremixed flames -- 14. Burning of solids -- 15. Pollutant emissions -- 16. Detonations -- Appendixes: A. Selected thermodynamic properties of gases comprising C-H-O-N System -- B. Fuel properties -- C. Selected properties of air, nitrogen, and oxygen -- D. Diffusion coefficients and methodology for their estimation -- E. Generalized Newton's method for the solution of nonlinear equations -- F. Computer codes for equilibrium products of hydrocarbon-air combustion -- Index N2 - Disk contains: Computer codes for Equilibrium Products of Hydrocarbon-Air Combustion ER -