Combustion & Plasma

The course will give lectures on fuels and engine performance, chemical equilibrium, combustion kinetics, flames, ignition and burning limits, turbulent combustion and detonation transition, and pollutant emissions. In addition, it introduces physics and chemistry of plasma and discusses plasma assisted combustion, plasma-assisted green fuel synthesis. Finally, combustion and plasma modeling as well as in situ diagnostics are introduced. Focus is placed on hydrogen, syngas, ammonia, hydrocarbons, and oxygenated fuels.