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Courses » Fundamentals of Combustion (Part 2)

Fundamentals of Combustion (Part 2)

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This is an introductory course on Fundamentals of Combustion. The objective of this course is to impart knowledge on fundamentals of combustion to both UG and PG students. In this course, fundamentals aspects of combustion namely premixed flame, Gaseous Jet diffusion flame, Liquid fuel combustion are to be covered extensively. Besides this, chemical Emission from combustion, Quantification of emission, Emission control methods are to be covered briefly.

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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG  and PG Students, engineers from industries in the field of aerospace, mechanical and chemical and fire engineering 


CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective 

UG/PG: UG and PG

PREREQUISITES: Thermodynamics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: NIL

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

  

Dr. D.P. Mishra is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India where he was instrumental in establishing a combustion laboratory. He currently holds the Indian Oil Golden Jubilee Professional Chair in IIT Kanpur. He  was a Visiting Professor in 2002 at the Tokyo-Denki University, Japan. His areas of research interest include combustion, computational fluid dynamics, atomization, etc. He is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in 1991 from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. He was conferred the INSA-JSPS Fellowship in 2002. In recognition of his research, Dr. Mishra received Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee Memorial Award from the Institution of Engineers (India). Dr. Mishra is a recipient of the Samanta Chadrasekhar Award for his contributions to science and technology. For technological contribution for the common people, he has been conferred with the Vikash Prerak Sanman in 2010. Currently he is serving as an Assistant Editor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier, USA. Besides this, he also serves as an editorial board member of Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taylor & Francis, and International Journal of Turbo and Jet engines. Dr. Mishra has six Indian patents and around 200 research papers in refereed Journals and in conference proceedings to his credit. He has authored a textbook titled “Fundamentals of Combustion”, published by Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. Two other text books  on “Experimental Combustion” and “Engineering Thermodynamics” have been published by Taylor and Francis, USA and Cengage India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, respectively. He has published a text book titled as “Gas turbine propulsion” (MV Learning, New Delhi/London). He is also serving as a managing trustee of the International Foundation of Humanistic Education. He is also actively involved in social works in the field of education, natural farming,  etc. He is instrumental in making all India level  group, Awake Mother India which is trying to rejuvenate our Mother land. He is working to revitalize the ancient Indian science and technology. He has published two books, “Glimpses of Ancient Indian Science and Technology”  and “Forays into Ancient Indian Science and Technology”.

COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1 : Introduction
Week 2 : Introduction to Flame, One dimensional combustion wave
Week 3 : Laminar premixed flame, Burning velocity measurement methods, Effects 2 of chemical and physical variables on Burning velocity
Week 4 : Flame extinction, Ignition, Flame stabilizations, Turbulent Premixed flame
Week 5 : Diffusion Flame: Gaseous Jet diffusion flame
Week 6 : Liquid fuel combustion, Droplet combustion, Spray Combustion
Week 7 : Solid fuel combustion
Week 8 : Combustion and Emission: Atmosphere, Chemical Emission from combustion, Quantification of emission, Emission control methods

SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:

1. D. P. Mishra, Fundamentals of Combustion, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Kuo K.K. “Principles of Combustion” John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
3. Strehlow R A., “Fundamentals of combustion” McGraw Hill Book Company, 1984.
4. Stephen R Turns, “An Introduction to Combustion”, McGraw Hill Book Company,1996.
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date and Time of Exam: October 7 (Sunday)
  • Time of Exam : Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of  Best 6 out of 8 assignments
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.