Modeling of Combustion Systems: A Practical Approach Review

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(More customer reviews)I wrote this book, so this may not be an unbiased review, but I wanted you to know that before you read on.
Modeling of Combustion Systems was written to give practical methods for modeling the combustion side of process heaters, ethylene cracking units, etc. It is a book on industrial combustion, combustion modeling, and combustion experimentation. It is written for the general professional engineer at the petroleum refinery or petrochemicals plant, or anyone who wants to know more about industrial combustion. For more about that, download the prologue at the books website:
http://www.combustion-modeling.com
I also keep an up-to-date compendium of errata and clarifications there, offer free extras such as an addenda that address compressible flow, simulating complex fuels with many fewer components, beta tables for testing R^2 (goodness of fit), and other downloads of interest.
As far as the rating goes, it's difficult for an author to be fair to his own work. I gave the book four stars because it is the only book I know that addresses industrial combustion in this kind of detail. I deducted one star: I wish the text were error free, but like most first printings, it is not -- so whatever corrections did not find their way into the text for whatever reason, these I have placed at the website above.
The book is organized into five main chapters
1. An introduction to modeling, in general
2. An introduction to combustion in general and industrial burners and furnaces in particular
3. An overview of statistical experimental design and analysis
4. A chapter on drawing useful conclusions from non-ideal (i.e., real-world) data
5. Semi-empirical modeling -- that is, how to construct models from data in short order.
If you purchase the book and have questions or comments, please contact me through my website. I try to reply to everyone who does so.
Thanks,
Joe Colannino


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Increasing competitive pressure for improved quality and efficiency on one hand and tightening emissions and operating requirements on the other leave the modern process engineer squeezed in the middle. While effective modeling can help balance these demands, the current literature offers overly theoretical treatments on modeling that do not translate quickly and easily to the immediate needs of the practicing engineer.
Based on more than a quarter-century of experience, Modeling of Combustion Systems: A Practical Approach introduces an approach to semi-empirical combustion modeling for better control, optimization, prediction, and description of industrial combustion processes. First, the author provides an introduction to modeling, the basic model categories, and analytical methods followed by an introduction to combustion that includes equipment and mathematical modeling. Next, he introduces the concepts and procedures of experimental design and provides detailed discussion on how to analyze non-ideal data.
The final chapter draws together the previous information to clearly demonstrate the construction of semi-empirical models. Fully worked examples and step-by-step derivations support the discussion along the way, and the book also includes a complete guide to nomenclature and supplies appendices for important physical and chemical properties, conversions, statistical tables, and much more.
Modeling of Combustion Systems: A Practical Approach provides concrete answers to real problems and is tailor-made to suit the needs of practicing engineers.

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