Physics: Fundamental Combustion - FBRF01 / FYSD11 / FBR001F

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Fundamental Combustion, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Physics.

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Contents​​

This course aims at providing the basics for understanding combustion phenomena. This includes thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, fluid dynamics and the formation of pollutants. From the knowledge in these areas it is possible to reach an understanding for energy related and environmental problems connected to real life combustion.

The course contains thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, flames, radiation and ionization, diagnostics, turbulent combustion and modeling, internal combustion engines and gas turbines, fire, and pollutant formation.

The course has 13 lectures, 5 exercises, 1 compulsory exercise, 1 laboratory exercise, and 1 project which is presented both orally and written. Moreover, a large number of exercises are given to work with during the course. The examination consists of a written examination. Good quality of the compulsory exercise and the project give additional points on the examination.

General information

• Course codes: FBRF01 (LTH), FYSD11 (Science faculty) and FBR001F (PhD)
• Semester: ​spring
• Study period: ​second
• Level: ​first cycle
• Language: English
• Forms of teaching: lectures, exercises, compulsory exercise, laboratory exercise, and a project which is presented both orally and written
• Assessment:  written examination
• Home page:  https://canvas.education.lu.se/courses/34269
• Grading scale:
  • FBRF01: Fail, 3, 4, 5
  • FYSD11: Fail, Pass, Pass with distinction (U, G, VG)
• Course evaluation: 
  • Read the course evaluations on the website of LTH Links to an external site. 
  • Read the course evaluations on the website of the Department of Physics
• Syllabi for the course:
  • FBRF01 syllabus on lth.se Links to an external site.
  • FYSD11 syllabus on lu.se
  • FBR001F syllabus on lth.se Links to an external site.

Course literature

The course material is mainly a collection of texts produced at Combustion Physics, excerpts from various books, and hand-outs from lectures. This tradition established by the previous course responsible, Prof. Per-Erik Bengtsson, is kept this year to allow for smooth transition and modification of the course content. If you would like to penetrate the subject of combustion deeper than presented in the course material, you can complement your studies using more advanced books. Suggestions for such textbooks are:

• J.F. Griffiths and J.A. Barnard, Flame and Combustion, 3rd edition, Blackie Academic & Professional, London, 1995, ISBN 0 7514 0199 4
• I. Glassman, Combustion, 3rd edition, Academic Press, London, 1996, ISBN 0 12 285852 2
• I. Glassman and R.A. Yetter, Combustion, 4th edition, Academic Press, London, 2008, ISBN 978 0 12 088573 2
• S.R. Turns, An introduction to Combustion: concepts and applications, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2000, ISBN 0 07 230096 5
• J. Warnatz, U. Maas, and R.W. Dibble, Combustion, Springer, Berlin, 2006, http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-540-45363-5#section=391271&page=1 Links to an external site.
• Drysdale D. Steady Burning of Liquids and Solids.  An Introduction to Fire Dynamics: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011, http://ludwig.lub.lu.se/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119975465 
  
  

Course responsible 

Alexander Konnov, alexander.konnov@forbrf.lth.se

Schedule

The latest schedule for the course can be found on the schedule software TimeEdit:

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Entry requirements

FBRF01: Basic knowledge of thermodynamics.

FYSD11: For admission to the course, knowledge equivalent to Modern physics (FYSC11-14 or FYSC22-24) is required, and English B

Application

LTH students: Apply for the course via Course application at LTH Links to an external site..

Science faculty students: Apply to the course through the Swedish website Antagning.se (in Swedish).

• More information about applying can be found on Lund University's central website: FYSD11 course information.
• For non-Swedish speakers, please refer to below instructions in order to apply to the course via Antagning.se:
  Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses (pdf, 791 kB). Download Instructions in English for applying to programmes and courses (pdf, 791 kB).

PhD students: Sign up for the course by contacting course responsible. (Remember that you need to have the course listed in your individual study plan, ISP, to have it counted towards your exam.)

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