Thermics and Combustion

Describe and quantify energy transfer phenomena, in particular heat transfer, which are essential both for energy production (turbines, engines, turbojets) and for limiting energy consumption for more sustainable development (more efficient engines and low energy or positive energy buildings). The course provides essential knowledge and skills for industrial or environmental applications involving thermal phenomena such as: energy exchange in a quiet environment, fires, explosions, burners, engines or jet engines.

Heat transfer :

1. Description of heat transfer modes (conduction / natural, forced and mixed convection / radiation)
2. Formulation of the coupled dynamic and thermal equations.
3. Heat transfer coefficients and dimensionless numbers.
4. Conductive heat transfer in stationary and non-stationary regime.
5. Forced convection in laminar and turbulent regime.
6. Heat exchangers. Calculation of thermal efficiencies.

Combustion :

1. Thermodynamics of combustion.
2. Combustion in homogeneous systems, definition of thermal explosion.