Lean Combustion: Technology and Control

Oversized hardcover, xi + 261pp + 8 pages of glossy plates, numerous b&w figures in text, NOT ex-library. Minor handling wear, book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- "Combustion under sufficiently fuel-lean conditions can have the desirable attributes of high efficiency and low emissions, this being particularly important in light of recent and rapid increases in the cost of fossil fuels and concerns over the links between combustion and global climate change. Lean Combustion is an eminently authoritative, reference work on the latest advances in lean combustion technology and systems. It will offer engineers working on combustion equipment and systems both the fundamentals and the latest developments in more efficient fuel usage and in much-sought-after reductions of undesirable emissions, while still achieving desired power output and performance. This volume brings together research and design of lean combustion systems across the technology spectrum in order to explore the state-of-the-art in lean combustion and its role in meeting current and future demands on combustion systems. Readers will learn about advances in the understanding of ultra lean fuel mixtures and how new types of burners and approaches to managing heat flow can reduce problems often found with lean combustion such as slow, difficult ignition and frequent flame extinction. The book will also offer abundant references and examples of recent real-world applications. Readership: professional engineers in mechanical, automotive, aerospace and chemical engineering, particularly those involved with combustion engineering, manufacturing engineers in the automobile, trucking, aerospace, aeronautical and energy generation industries, upper undergraduate and first-year graduate students in mechanical, chemical, aerospace and automotive engineering, graduate students in chemistry and physics." -- Key features: - covers all major recent developments in lean combustion science and technology, with new applications in both traditional combustion schemes as well as such novel uses as highly preheated and hydrogen-fueled systems; - offers techniques for overcoming difficult ignition problems and flame extinction with lean fuel mixtures; - covers new developments in lean combustion using high levels of pre-heat and heat re-circulating burners, as well as the active control of lean combustion instabilities. -- Contents: 1. Introduction and Perspectives [Introduction; Brief historical perspective; Defining lean combustion; Regulatory drivers for lean combustion technology development; Lean combustion applications & technologies; Brief highlights of the chapters]; 2. Fundamentals of Lean Combustion / D.Bradley [Combustion & engine performance; Burning in flames; Autoignitive burning; Recirculation of heat from burning and burned gas; Flame stabilization; Conclusions]; 3. Highly Preheated Lean Combustion / A.Cavaliere, M.de Joannon & R.Ragucci [Introduction; MILD combustion; Simple processes in MILD combustion; Processes & applications of MILD combustion in gas turbines; Conclusion]; 4. Lean-Burn Spark-Ignited Internal Combustion Engines / R.L. Evans [Introduction; Performance of the ideal internal combustion engine; Engine combustion & emissions; Extending the lean limit of operation; Summary]; 5. Lean Combustion in Gas Turbines / V.McDonell [Introduction; Rationale for lean combustion in gas turbines; Lean gas turbine combustion strategies: status and needs; Summary]; 6. Lean Premixed Burners / R.Cheng & H.Levinsky [Introduction; Principles of fuel variability; Stabilization methods; Summary]; 7. Stability and Control / S. Sivasegaram [Introduction; Oscillations and their characteristics; Control strategies; Concluding remarks]; 8. Lean Hydrogen Combustion / R.W. Schefer, C.White & J.Keller [Introduction; Hydrogen combustion fundamentals; Hydrogen in gas turbine engines]; Index.