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Radiative Transfer in Combustion Systems: Fundamentals and Applications

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1-56700-211-0

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Destined to clarify the research, development, and design requirements in modern and computational terms needed for sustainable technological advances. Written for the combustion scientist/engineer to understand radiative effects on the pollution of the environment. Interrelates the process of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer and turbulence. Includes computational design tools. Lays the foundation for modeling and prediction of chemically reacting combustion systems; collects data for operation of combustion devices. Analyzes the construction, use, and numerical results of combustion systems simulation.



460 pages, ©2005

RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS / Chapter 3: Basic Equations of Radiative Transfer

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Chapter 3: Basic Equations of Radiative Transfer

3.1 Radiative Transfer Theory and Its Postulates

3.2 Radiative Transfer Equation

3.3 Special Forms of the Radiative Transfer Equation

3.4 Integral Form of the Radiative Transfer Equation

3.4.1 Radiation along a homogeneous path

3.4.2 Radiating gas adjacent to a wall

3.4.3 Radiation from an isothermal gas volume

3.5 Conservation Equations

3.5.1 Radiant energy transport equation

3.5.2 Transport of radiant momentum

3.6 Radiative Transfer Regimes

3.6.1 Optically thin approximation

3.6.2 Optically thick approximation

3.7 Conservation Equations for Reacting Gas Mixtures

3.7.1 Conservation equations of mass, species, and momentum

3.7.2 Conservation equation of energy

3.7.3 Conservation equations for turbulent flows

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