ChE 641 Topics Fall 2025 (subject to change)

Topic
Introduction/course description
Stoichiometry, PCC, Mixture fraction
Flame temperature
Software
Equlibrium criteria
element potential method
Multiphase, robusticize
Simple reactors, reactor networks, s-curve
Premixed flames
Nonpremixed flames
Flamelets
Transport equations: Navier-Stokes Derivations, forms, notation
Constitutive relations
Constitutive relations, stress tensor; Numerics: finite difference
Numerics: finite volume, timescales; Pressure treatment
CFD tools
Turbulence
RANS, LES
Turbulence Closures: k-ε, Smagorinsky
Holiday
Chemistry closures
Presumed PDF: equilibrium, heat loss
Presumed PDF: flamelets, progress variable, EDC
Transported PDF
CMC
Mixing models: IEM, MC, EMST, HiPS
ODT/LEM
Radiation
Soot modeling