Reference Texts

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General Combustion

• “An Introduction to Combustion,” 3nd Ed., S.R. Turns, McGraw-Hill, 2012
  • Provides a good introduction with fundamentals and applications.
• “Principles of Combustion,” 2nd Ed., K.K. Kuo, Wiley, 2005
  • A more rigorous treatment of combustion with more theory and fewer applications.
• “Combustion,” 4th Ed., I.R. Glassman, R.A. Yetter, Associated Press, 2008
  • A classic text covering combustion theory.
• “Combustion Theory,” 2nd Ed., F.A. Williams, Westview Press, 1994
  • A classic, rigorous, advanced text treating, as the name says, combustion theory. Not for beginners.
• “Combustion Physics,” C.K. Law, Cambridge University Press, 2006
  • A theoretical text covering many aspects of combustion.

Turbulent Combustion

• “An Introduction to Turbulent Reacting Flows,” R.S. Cant, E. Mastorakos, Imperial College Press, 2008.
  • A readable introductory text.
• “Computational Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows,” R.O. Fox, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Covers a wide range of models from a chemical reaction engineering perspective. A more advanced text.
• “Theoretical and Numerical Combustion,” 3nd Ed., T. Poinsot, D. Veynante, 2012,
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  • Covers laminar and turbulent premixed and nonpremixed flames, along with numerical solution techniques.
• “Turbulent Combustion,” N. Peters, Cambridge University Press, 2000
  • A monograph covering premixed and nonpremixed flames, with emphasis on the flamelet model.

Coal Combustion

• “Coal Combustion and Gasification,” L.D. Smoot, P.J. Smith, Plenum, 1985.
• “Pulverized Coal Combustion and Gasification,” L.D. Smoot and D.T. Pratt, Plenum, 1979.
• “Fundamentals of Coal Combustion for Clean and Efficient Use,” L.D. Smoot (editor), Elsevier, 1993.
• “Fossil Fuel Combustion,” W. Bartok, A.F. Sarofim (editors), Wiley, 1991.

Numerical Fluid Dynamics

• “Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow”, S. V. Patankar, Hemisphere Pub., 1980.
• “Computational Fluid Dynamics, the Basics with applications,” J. D. Anderson Jr., McGraw-Hill, 1995
• “Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics,” J. H. Ferziger, M. Peric, 3rd edition, Springer, 2002
• “Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, Tannehill, Anderson, and Pletcher, 2nd Ed., Taylor and Francis, 1997.
• “Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws,” R. J. LeVeque, Birkhauser, 1992
• “Principles of Computational Fluid Dynamics,” P. Wesseling, Springer, 2001 “Finite Element Computational Fluid Mechanics”, A. J. Baker, McGraw-Hill, 1983.
• “Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow”, Oran and Boris, Elsevier, 1987.

Programming

• “Introducing C++ for Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians,” D. M. Capper, 2nd edition, Springer, 2001
• “Thinking in C++ ,” B. Eckel, 2nd edition, Volumes 1 & 2, Prentice Hall, 2000,
• “Mastering Matlab,” D. C. Hanselman, B. L. Littlefield, Prentice Hall, 2011
• “Think Python,” Downey, O’Reilly, (free online, there is also a c++ version).
• “Python Scripting for Computational Science,” Langtangen, 2009, (free online).
• “Introduction to Python for Computational Science and Engineering (A beginner’s guide), Fangohr, 2014 (free online).
• “A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python,” Langtangen, 3rd edition, Springer, 2012
• “Parallel Programming with MPI,” P. S. Pacheco, Morgan Kaufmann Inc. 1997
• “Fortran 90 Programming,” T. M. R. Ellis, I. R. Philips, T. M. Lahey, Addison-Wesley, 1994
• “Fortran 90/95 Explained,” M. Metcalf, J. Reid, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1999

Numerical Methods

• “Numerical Recipes - The Art of Scientific Computing,” Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, Flannery, 3rd edition, Cambridge Press, 2007.
• “Numerical Linear Algebra,” L. N. Trefethen, D. Bau III, Siam, 1997
• “Modeling and Analysis Principles for Chemical and Biological Engineers,” Graham, Rawlings, Nob Hill Publishing, 2013
• “Scientific Computing, An Introductory Survey,” M. T. Heath, McGraw Hill, 2nd ed. 2002
• “Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations,” K. W. Morton, D. F. Mayers, Cambridge University Press, 1994
• “Problem Solving in Chemical Engineering with Numerical Problems”, Cutlip and Shacham, Prentice Hall, 1994.
• “An Intro. to Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers”, J. B. Riggs, Texas Tech University Press, 1988.
• “Applied Numerical Methods with Personal Computers,” A. Constantinides, McGraw- Hill, 1987.
• “Numerical Methods and Modeling for Chemical Engineers,” M.E. Davis, Wiley, 1984.
• “Numerical Methods, Software, and Analysis. IMSL Reference Edition”, J. R. Rice, McGraw-Hill, 1983.
• “Nonlinear Analysis in Chemical Engineering”, B. A. Finlayson, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
• “Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations”, W. F. Ames, Academic Press, 1977.
• “Numerical Methods That Work,” F. Acton, Harper and Row, 1970. “Applied Numerical Methods,” Carnahan, Luther & Wilkes, Wiley, 1969.