Chemical Kinetics in Combustion and Reactive Flows: Modeling Tools and Applications

Following elucidation of the basics of thermodynamics and detailed explanation of chemical kinetics of reactive mixtures, readers are introduced to unique and effective mathematical tools for the modeling, simulation and analysis of chemical non-equilibrium phenomena in combustion and flows. The reactor approach is presented considering thermochemical reactors as the focal points. Novel equations of chemical kinetics compiling chemical thermodynamic and transport processes make reactor models universal and easily applicable to the simulation of combustion and flow in a variety of propulsion and energy generation units. Readers will find balanced coverage of both fundamental material on chemical kinetics and thermodynamics, and detailed description of mathematical models and algorithms, along with examples of their application. Researchers, practitioners, lecturers, and graduate students will all find this work valuable.

V. I. Naoumov is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Central Connecticut State University. His areas of the scientific interest are: chemical kinetics, aerothermochemistry, and combustion in aerospace propulsion systems and automotive engines. He has thirty-five years of experience with teaching and performing research for leading aerospace companies. Dr Naoumov is a Distinguished Scientist of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan; Recipient of the Outstanding Research Award of the USSR State Committee for Public Education and Central Committee of Trade Unions for Education and Science; and Recipient of the ASME 2018 Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award.

V. G. Krioukov is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Kazan National Research Technical University, Russia. He is a scientist in the field of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, combustion and flows in propulsion and power generation systems. He has forty years of experience with teaching and performing research for leading Russian aerospace companies. He established the first 'Mathematical Modeling' Graduate Program in Brazil. Dr Krioukov is a Distinguished Scientist of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and Recipient of the Outstanding Research Award of the USSR State Committee for Public Education and Central Committee of Trade Unions for Education and Science.

A. L. Abdullin is a Vice President and Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan; Professor and Chair of the Department of Automotive Engines at the Kazan National Research Technical University, Russia. His areas of expertise are: chemical kinetics, combustion and reactive fluid systems. Dr Abdullin is Distinguished Scientist of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan; Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Society of Inventors of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Recipient of the Honorary Diploma from the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation.

A. V. Demin is a Professor of the Engineering Ecology and Rational Nature Management Department at the Kazan State Power Engineering University, Russia. He is a researcher in the fields of chemical kinetics, numerical simulation of combustion and multiphase chemical non-equilibrium flows in aerospace propulsion systems and internal combustion engines. Dr Demin is the Honorary Worker of Higher Education which was awarded by Russian Ministry of High Education.