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.