Basic concepts

Don’t just review the notes to answer these questions, literally write the answers down on paper, as if you were taking a quiz.

• Write down a list of identifiers associated with combustion and flames.
• Write down a definition of combustion.
• What makes a flame a flame?
• Is all combustion a flame? What is an example of “flameless” combustion?
• Sketch the temperature and major species profiles for a premixed flame.
• Sketch the temperature and major species profiles for a nonpremixed flame.
• List four characteristics that distinguish premixed and nonpremixed flames.
• Identify the sources premixed and nonpremixed flames in a typical home.
• What causes the blue color in a flame? What about the yellow?
• List five applications of combustion.