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The Thermodynamics of Combustion Gases:
General Considerations

Brinkley, JR. Stuart R.
Lewis, Bernard

Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh, PA

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Table of Contents

I Introduction and Summary 1
II Acknowledgment 2
III Stoichiometry and application of the phase rule 2
  Description of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen systems 3
The components 5
Conditions for equilibrium 7
Degrees of freedom of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen systems 9
IV Calculation of the equilibrium composition 11
  The general method 12
A special method 16
Modifications for computation at a specified density 20
Calculation of the equilibrium composition of imperfect gas mixtures 22
V Computation programs for carbon-hydrogen-oxygen-nitrogen systems 25
  The general method for lean mixtures 26
A special method for lean mixtures 30
The general method for rich mixtures without solid carbon 33
A special method for rich mixtures without solid carbon 39
A special method for homogeneous mixtures at high temperatures 42
The general method for rich mixtures with solid carbon 47
VI The thermodynamic properties of gas mixtures 54
    The state variables 54
The thermodynamic properties of ideal gas mixtures 55
The thermodynamic properties of imperfect gas mixtures 58
VII Description of a generalized table of equilibrium composition and
thermodynamic properties of combustion gases
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