Computational Fluid Dynamics in Industrial Combustion

Although many books have been written on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and many written on combustion, most contain very limited coverage of the combination of CFD and industrial combustion. Furthermore, most of these books are written at an advanced academic level, emphasize theory over practice, and provide little help to engineers who need to use CFD for combustion modeling.Computational Fluid Dynamics in Industrial Combustion fills this gap in the literature. Focusing on topics of interest to the practicing engineer, it codifies the many relevant books, papers, and reports written on this combined subject into a single, coherent reference. It looks at each topic from a somewhat narrow perspective to see how that topic affects modeling in industrial combustion. The editor and his team of expert authors address these topics within three main sections:Modeling Techniques-The basics of CFD modeling in combustionIndustrial Applications-Specific applications of CFD in the steel, aluminum, glass, gas turbine, and petrochemical industriesAdvanced Techniques-Subjects rarely addressed in other texts, including design optimization, simulation, and visualizationRapid increases in computing power and significant advances in commercial CFD codes have led to a tremendous increase in the application of CFD to industrial combustion. Thorough and clearly representing the techniques and issues confronted in industry, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Industrial Combustion will help bring you quickly up to date on current methods and gain the ability to set up and solve the various types of problems you will encounter.

Beth Anne V. Bennett, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University D. Scott Crocker, Ph.D., is a group leader at CFD Research Corporation Werner J.A. Dahm, Ph.D., is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Michigan Andrew M. Eaton, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at Morton Thiokol in Brigham City, UT Richard D. Frederiksen, Ph.D., is a Lead Technical Specialist in Combustion Systems at NGB Technologies, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI Lori Freitag, Ph.D., is a computer scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne, IL) Michael Henneke, Ph.D., is currently a CFD Engineer at John Zink Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma Scott C. Hill, Ph.D., is a Research Associate in the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research center (ACERC) at Brigham Young University Bryan C. Hoke, Jr., Ph.D., is a Senior Principal Research Engineer at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA) Richard W. Johnson, Ph.D., is a Consulting Engineer at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho Mark D. Landon, Ph.D., is an Advisory Engineer the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Sanjay R. Mathur, Ph.D., is Manager of RandD at Fluent, Inc. Jayathi Y. Murthy, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Ernest C. Perry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Petr Schill, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate at Glass Service, Inc., Vasetin, Czech Republic Clifford E. Smith, M.S., is Vice President/Engineering at CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) Mitchell D. Smooke, Ph.D., is the chairman and the Strathcona Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University L. Douglas Smoot, Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University Mark J. Stock, M.S., is a Technical Specialist in Numerical Modeling at NGB Technologies, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI Gretar Tryggvason, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute