Courses
Click on links below for more information about the courses of the 9th International Combustion Institute Winter School.
PRESENTATION TEMPLATE FOR LECTURERS (4:3 FORMAT) |
- Course 1: Chemical kinetics (course syllabus)
- Content: Fundamentals on combustion chemical kinetics. Generation of detailed chemical kinetics models. Detailed kinetics mechanisms – Mech, thermo and transport databases available in the literature. Chemical equilibrium and adiabatic flames properties – Simulations. Chemical reactors: PSR, HSPT, RCM and LFF – Simulations. Analysis of detailed kinetics models: first-log sensitivity coefficient and brute-force sensitivity analysis.
- Duration: 20 hours
- Lecturers:
- Professor Henry Curran, University of Galway (Ireland)
- Professor Leonel Rincon Cancino, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
- Professor Amir Roberto de Toni Júnior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
- Course 2: Multi-physics phenomena
- Part A: Plasma assisted combustion (course syllabus)
- Content: Fundamentals of plasma physics. Plasma chemistry. Plasma assisted combustion.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Lecturers:
- Professor Deanna Lacoste, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)
- Professor Julio César Sagás, Santa Catarina State University (Brazil)
- Professor Diego Alexandre Duarte, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
- Part B: Catalytic Combustion (course syllabus)
- Content: Introduction to heterogeneous catalysts. Adsorption and surface science. Catalytic kinetics. Evaluation on the catalytic processes such as catalytic combustion. Reforming and partial oxidation. Emerging catalysts for energy applications.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Lecturers:
- Professor Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto (Canada).
- Professor Lilian Maria Tosta Simplício Rodrigues, Federal University of Bahia (Brazil).
- Part A: Plasma assisted combustion (course syllabus)
