combustion

Examples of combustion in the following topics:

• Detonation Waves

  • One could have either a release of energy through the shock (like combustion) or a consumption of energy (like ionization).
  • This special situation often arises when the combustion itself creates the shock.
  • The detonation adiabat below the Jouguet point $E$ cannot be reached if the combustion begins after the gas is compressed.

• Solving Problems with Calorimetry

  • A different type of calorimeter that operates at constant volume, colloquially known as a bomb calorimeter, is used to measure the energy produced by reactions that yield large amounts of heat and gaseous products, such as combustion reactions.
  • Explain a bomb calorimeter is used to measure heat evolved in a combustion reaction

• Electric Generators

  • Possible sources of mechanical energy include: a reciprocating or turbine steam engine , water falling through a turbine or waterwheel, an internal combustion engine, a wind turbine, a hand crank, compressed air, or any other source of mechanical energy.

• Energy Transformations

  • For example, an internal combustion engine converts the potential chemical energy in gasoline and oxygen into heat energy.

• Calorimetry

  • A simple calorimeter just consists of a thermometer attached to a metal container full of water suspended above a combustion chamber.