MECH438 THEORY OF COMBUSTION
| Course Code: | 3650438 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ORHAN YILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will
- appreciate the importance of combustion in our daily life
- learn basic physical, chemical, and thermodynamic concepts that are important in the study of combustion
- learn how to apply Fick’s Law of mass diffusion and calculate the liquid evaporation rate
- understand the fundamentals of chemical processes and the importance of chemical kinetics in the study of combustion
- understand the coupling chemical and thermal analysis of reacting systems
- learn the underlying physics and chemistry of laminar premixed flames
- learn the general characteristics of laminar diffusion flames
- understand the pollutant emissions from combustors
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have:
- to understand the concept of chemical reactions, basic theory of combustion
- ability to evaluate the adiabatic flame temperature, equilibrium equation
- to apply Fick’s law to simple binary systems
- ability to distinguish between global and elementary reactions and mechanisms and have an appreciation for the types of elementary and understand the physical meaning of the steric factor, pre-exponential factor, and activation energy
- to calculate the net species production rates and ability to formulate appropriate equations from complex mechanisms.
- Ability to analysis the elementary steps involved in oxidation of hydrocarbons
- Ability to apply a constant-pressure reactor, a constant-volume reactor, a well-stirred reactor, and a plug-flow reactor to the model reactors
- to calculate laminar flame speed to estimate flame properties in practical devices, such as engines
- to describe the general characteristics of the temperature, fuel and oxidizer mass fractions, and velocity fields of laminar jet flames
- to analyze emissions from combustion process
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economic considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution