Sustainable Energies

COMBUSTION

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 6.00
Status: Optional
Type: Course
Academic Year: 1º
Term: 1º
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
4

Instructors

Leonardo Silva Ribeiro


 

Contents

(P1) Scope and importance of Combustion.
Combustion and Termochemistry.
Introduction to Mass Transfer.
(Required 20 hours)

(P2) Chemical Kinetics.
(Required 8 hours)

(P3) Some important Chemical Mechanisms: H2-O2, CO, CH4, alkanes, NOx.
Pre-mixed laminar flames.
Diffusion laminar flames. Jets.
(Required 32 hours)

Learning Outcomes

(O1) Students must understand phenomena related with flames and use this knowledge for rational use of energy and control of emission of pollutants.

(O2) Understanding of the combustion.
Understanding of how to increase the efficiency of combustion.

(O3) Understanding of ways to control the emission of pollutants.