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Sustainable Development for Energy, Power, and Propulsion

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Editors:
  1. Ashoke De

    1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

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  2. Ashwani K. Gupta

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. Suresh K. Aggarwal

    1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  4. Abhijit Kushari

    1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

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  5. Akshai K. Runchal

    1. Analytic and Computational Research Inc. (ACRi), Los Angeles, USA

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  • Provide the latest fundamental and applied research innovations on cleaner energy production and utilization?
  • Discusses issues concerning clean energy production and conversion for various stationary and propulsion applications
  • Discusses hypersonic propulsion, emission control and environmental issues for energy sustainability
  • Includes contributions from internationally renowned experts

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. High-Speed Propulsion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Towards Credible CFD Analysis of High-Speed Propulsion Systems

      • K. Kailasanath
      Pages 3-13

    3. Numerical Study of Spherical and Cylindrical Shock Wave Focusing

      • V. S. Saranyamol, Nanda Soumya Ranjan, Sugarno Mohammed Ibrahim
      Pages 15-30

  3. Renewable Fuels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Renewable Energy Derived from Water Hyacinth Through Hydrothermal Gasification

      • Somrat Kerdsuwan, Krongkaew Laohalidanond
      Pages 33-57

    3. Thermochemical Solutions for CO2 Utilization to Fuels and Value-Added Products

      • K. G. Burra, P. Chandna, Ashwani K. Gupta
      Pages 59-89

    4. Performance and Controlling Regimes Analysis of Methane Steam Reforming on Ru/γ-Al2O3 Cordierite Monoliths

      • Carmen W. Moncada Quintero, Roman Z. Babar, Stefania Specchia
      Pages 91-131

  4. Flames and Reacting Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Effect of Natural Gas Blend Enrichment with Hydrogen on Laminar Burning Velocity and Flame Stability

      • A. R. Khan, M. R. Ravi, Anjan Ray
      Pages 135-160

    3. Blowoff Characteristics of Laminar Partially Premixed Flames of Palm Methyl Ester/Jet A Blends

      • T. Maleta, R. N. Parthasarathy, S. R. Gollahalli
      Pages 161-176

    4. Effect of Composition and Octane Sensitivity of Gasoline Surrogates on PAH Emissions

      • Krishna C. Kalvakala, Suresh K. Aggarwal
      Pages 177-198

    5. Hybrid RANS/LES Simulation of Methane–LOx Combustion

      • Kisalaya Mishra, Malay K. Das, Ashoke De, Kamal K. Kar
      Pages 199-219

    6. Experimental and Numerical Studies on Combustion-Based Small-Scale Power Generators

      • B. Aravind, Karan Hiranandani, Sudarshan Kumar
      Pages 221-247

  5. Combustion Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Fundamental Combustion Research Challenged to Meet Designers’ Expectations

      • Hukam C. Mongia, Kumud Ajmani, Chih-Jen Sung
      Pages 251-285

    3. Mitigation of Thermoacoustic Instability Through Amplitude Death: Model and Experiments

      • Sirshendu Mondal, Nevin Thomas
      Pages 287-322

    4. Emission Characteristics and Flame Stability in HEFA Fueled Gas Turbine Combustors

      • H. Fujiwara, P. Salman, S. Ando, H. Ishikawa, S. Nakaya, M. Tsue et al.
      Pages 323-356

    5. Aerothermal Technologies for Low Emissions Combustors

      • M. Brend, J. F. Carrotte, J. J. McGuirk
      Pages 357-388

    6. Cluster Analysis of Turbulent Premixed Combustion Using On-the-fly Flame Particle Tracking

      • Madwaraj Hatwar, Ashwin S. Nayak, Himanshu L. Dave, Utkarsh Aggarwal, Swetaprovo Chaudhuri
      Pages 389-413
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About this book

This book comprises state-of-the-art advances in energy, combustion, power, propulsion, environment, focusing on the production and utilization of fossil fuels, alternative fuels and biofuels. It is written by internationally renowned experts who provide the latest fundamental and applied research innovations on cleaner energy production as well as utilization for a wide range of devices extending from micro scale energy conversion to hypersonic propulsion using hydrocarbon fuels. The tailored technical tracks and contributions are portrayed in the respective field to highlight different but complementary views on fuels, combustion, power and propulsion and air toxins with special focus on current and future R&D needs and activities. This book will serve as a useful reference for practicing engineers, research engineers and managers in industry and research labs, academic institutions, graduate students, and final year undergraduate students in mechanical, chemical, aerospace, energy,and environmental engineering.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

    Ashoke De, Abhijit Kushari

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Ashwani K. Gupta

  • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Suresh K. Aggarwal

  • Analytic and Computational Research Inc. (ACRi), Los Angeles, USA

    Akshai K. Runchal

About the editors

​Ashoke De is an Associate Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He has been the recipient of the Humboldt Research fellowship for Experienced Researchers, IEI-Young Engineer’s Award-2014, DST Young Scientist award-2015, and P K Kelkar Research Fellowship from IIT Kanpur. He is a member of ASME, SIAM, FMFP, ISHMT and Combustion Institute. He received his MS from IIT Kanpur, and PhD from Louisiana State University. He has authored over 90 peer reviewed papers. His research interests include combustion modeling, hybrid RANS/LES model development, supersonic flows and Fluid-Structure interactions (FSI) with focus on computational mechanics in combustion and turbulent flows.

Ashwani Gupta is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland (UMD). He obtained his PhD and higher doctorate (DSc) from the University of Sheffield, was awarded a DSc from Southampton University and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, King Mungkut University of Technology North Bangkok, and University of Derby, UK. He received many honors and awards from AIAA and ASME and the President Kirwan Research Award and College of Engineering Research Award at UMD. Prof Gupta has authored over 750 papers, 3 books, and edited 12 books in the areas of combustion, swirl flows, high temperature air combustion (HiTAC), distributed combustion, waste to energy, acid gas treatment, fuel reforming, and air pollution. He is Honorary Fellow of ASME and Fellow of AIAA, SAE, AAAS and RAeS (UK).

Suresh Aggarwal received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a member of research staff at Princeton University and Senior Research Engineer at CMU. He then joined the University of Illinois at Chicago was promoted to Professor in 1995. He served as Director of Graduate Studies, and was also Visiting Scientist at ANL, Visiting Professor at Ecole Centrale-Paris, France and Guest Professor at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include combustion, multiphase reacting flows, emissions, clean energy, and fire suppression. He has authored over 360 publications and is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS and Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Abhijit Kushari is a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Kushari received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, in 2000 and joined the IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor in 2001. He became a Professor in 2014. His research interests are aerospace propulsion, gas turbine engines, turbo-machinery, liquid atomization flow control and combustion dynamics. He has authored more than 130 technical papers. 

Akshai K. Runchal is the founder and Director of CFD Virtual Reality Institute and ACRI group of companies. His expertise is in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has consulted widely on flow, heat and mass transfer, combustion, environmental impact, hazardous and nuclear waste, ground water and decision analysis to over 200 clients in 20 countries. He is the principal author of PORFLOW®, TIDAL®, ANSWER® and RADMâ„¢ simulation models that are used worldwide. He received his PhD from Imperial College (London), and Bachelor's in Engineering from PEC.  He has taught in the USA, India and the UK.  He has authored 7 books and over 200 technical publications. He has received many honors and awards, and given many invited contributions at conferences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainable Development for Energy, Power, and Propulsion

  • Editors: Ashoke De, Ashwani K. Gupta, Suresh K. Aggarwal, Abhijit Kushari, Akshai K. Runchal

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5667-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5666-1Published: 04 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5669-2Published: 04 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5667-8Published: 03 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 585

  • Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 296 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Sustainable Development, Transportation, Engine Technology

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