Chemical kinetics
Course 1 (20 hours): Combustion chemical kinetics – Detailed kinetics mechanisms and thermodynamic databases
Description: This is a hands-on course. The selected students will use Cantera (https://cantera.org/) and its libraries throughout the course, making use of the computer’s lab at UFSC Joinville. At the end of the course, the student will acquire an understanding of the numerical approach of a combustion process, its complexity, and the possibilities of solution / analysis in terms of computational tools.
Instructor/Coordinator:
- Henry Curran (University of Galway)
- Leonel R Cancino (UFSC)
Content: The course will be structured in five units as follows: Unit 1. Introduction – Numerical approach of combustion process; Unit 2. Global and detailed kinetics mechanisms – Mech, thermo and transport databases available in the literature; Unit 3. Chemical equilibrium and adiabatic flames properties – Simulations; Unit 4. Chemical kinetics simulations: PSR, HSPT, RCM and LFF; Unit 5. Analysis of detailed kinetics models: first-log sensitivity coefficient and brute-force sensitivity analysis.
