Low-Temperature Combustion and Autoignition

Combustion has played a central role in the development of our civilization which it maintains today as its predominant source of energy. The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of both fundamental and applied aspects of low-temperature combustion chemistry and autoignition. The topic is rooted in classical observational science and has grown, through an increasing understanding of the linkage of the phenomenology to coupled chemical reactions, to quite profound advances in the chemical kinetics of both complex and elementary reactions. The driving force has been both the intrinsic interest of an old and intriguing phenomenon and the centrality of its applications to our economic prosperity. The volume provides a coherent view of the subject while, at the same time, each chapter is self-contained. Read more... Content: Basic chemistry of combustion / R.W. Walker, C. Morley -- Elementary reactions / Struan H. Robertson, Paul W. Seakins, Michael J. Pilling -- Kinetics databases / D.L. Baulch -- Mathematical tools for the construction, investigation and reduction of combustion mechanisms / Alison S. Tomlin, Tamás Turányi, Michael J. Pilling -- Global behaviour in the oxidation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and simple hydrocarbons / S.K. Scott -- Experimental and numerical studies of oxidation chemistry and spontaneous ignition phenomena / J.F. Griffiths, C. Mohamed -- Autoignition in spark-ignition engines / D. Bradley, C. Morley. Abstract: Combustion has played a central role in the development of our civilization which it maintains today as its predominant source of energy. The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of both fundamental and applied aspects of low-temperature combustion chemistry and autoignition. The topic is rooted in classical observational science and has grown, through an increasing understanding of the linkage of the phenomenology to coupled chemical reactions, to quite profound advances in the chemical kinetics of both complex and elementary reactions. The driving force has been both the intrinsic interest of an old and intriguing phenomenon and the centrality of its applications to our economic prosperity. The volume provides a coherent view of the subject while, at the same time, each chapter is self-contained