College of Chemistry Course Guide

MECHE 140 - Combustion Processes (3 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Fundamentals of combustion, flame structure, flame speed, flammability, ignition, stirred reaction, kinetics and nonequilibrium processes, pollutant formation. Application to engines, energy production and fire safety.

Prerequisites

40, 106, and 109 (106 and 109 may be taken concurrently)

Fall only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide