Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction to Combustion: General Description of Combustion, Heat Release, Initial Species (fuel + oxidizer or reactants) and the Final Species (Products), Reaction Describing the Complete Combustion of a Hydrocarbon Fuel, Mass of Oxygen Required for Complete Combustion.
2	Some Basic Definitions: Gaseous Systems, Stoichiometric, Rich and Lean Mixtures, Mixture Fraction.
3	Mixture Fraction, Heat Value of the Fuel, Adiabatic Combustion (Flame) Temperature.
4	Chemical Reactions with Finite Reaction Rate and Chemical Equilibrium: Reaction Rate, Order of Reaction, Rate Coefficient, Chemical Equilibrium.
5	Methods for Calculating Equilibrium Constant, A Model for Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels.
6	Non-equilibrium Processes: Frozen Flow, Rocket Chamber and Nozzle, Partially Equilibrium Assumption.
7	Calculation of Composition and Adiabatic Flame Temperature: Calculation of the Specific Enthalpy and Specific Heats.
8	Combustion Kinetics and Sensitivity Analyses: Combustion Kinetics Equations, Solving the OD Equations.
9	Combustion Kinetics and Sensitivity Analyses: Solving the OD Equations; Sensitivity Analyses.
10	Reduction of Chemical Reactions: Justification of Steady State Approximation, Reduced Mechanisms for Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion, Reduced Mechanisms for Methane-Oxygen Flames.
11	Ignition of Homogenous Mixtures: Auto-ignition at Constant Volume, Auto-ignition of Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture, Explosion Limits for Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures, Ignition of Higher Hydrocarbon-Oxygen Mixtures.
12	Physics of Combustion: Laminar Flame, Turbulent Flame, Conservation Equations for Reacting Systems.
13	Physics of Combustion: Laminar Premixed Flames, Governing Equations for Steady Premixed Flames, Premixed Flames Based on One-Step Asymptotics, Non-Premixed Laminar Diffusion Flames.
14	Physics of Combustion: Turbulent Diffusion Flame Structure.

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