Combustion Theory

Lecturer: Professor HeinzPitsch RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Course Content:Fundamental knowledge in laminar and turbulent combustion and applications in CFD: laminar premixed and diffusion flame structure, flammability limits, introduction to turbulence, LES, introduction to turbulent combustion and modeling, regimes of premixed combustion, turbulent burning velocities, flamelet concept and its applications for nonpremixed turbulent combustion, CFD and numerical combustion with application to internal combustion engines and gas turbines.

Quantitative Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Chemistry and Propulsion

Lecturer: Professor Ronald K. Hanson Stanford University, USA

Course Content:Fundamentals of laser absorption and laser-induced fluorescence in gases, including molecular spectroscopy and photophysics. Basics of shock tubes as a primary tool for studying combustion chemistry, including recent advances. Example state-of-the-art applications of species-specific sensing for shock tube kinetics studies, and multi-parameter sensing in different types of propulsion flows and engines.

Combustion of Energetic Materials

Lecturer: Professor Richard A. Yetter Pennsylvania State University, USA

Course Content:This course will cover fundamentals of energetic materials combustion, the classification of energetic materials, and application examples. The burning behavior, chemistry, and flame structure of solid propellants, as well as the ignition and combustion of particulate metals will be discussed. Applications will include solid composite and hybrid rocket motors and nanoenergetics for micro power and motive force. Future directions including the roles of self assembly and additive manufacturing will be introduced.

Afternoon Sessions (please select one of the following two courses)

Combustion Chemistry

Lecturer: Professor Michael J. Pilling University of Leeds, UK

Course Content:The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how rate coefficients and products of elementary reactions, of importance in combustion, are determined by experiment and by theory, and how they are incorporated in chemical mechanisms for use in combustion models. The course will cover aspects of experimental techniques, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and theories of kinetics, including transition state and RRKM theories and master equation models. Some of the elementary reactions involved in hydrogen oxidation, in autoignition chemistry and in soot formation will be discussed in more detail.

Computational Turbulent Combustion

Lecturer: Professor Thierry Poinsot Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, CNRS, France

Course Content:This course will enable engineers and research specialists with a knowledge of fluid mechanics to move to an integrated understanding of numerical combustion especially in the field of unsteady turbulent combustion. It will present basic techniques and recent progress in numerical combustion while establishing important connections with the underlying combustion basics. The course will cover the basic elements required to understand turbulent flames before presenting RANS, LES, and DNS modeling as well as numerical methods adapted to these models. It will include the theoretical basis of turbulent combustion models and explore multiple examples of application: steady turbulent combustion, ignition, quenching, flame-wall interactions, pollutant formation and combustion instabilities in real combustors (gas turbines, rocket engines, piston engines).