617-0938/03 – Chemistry of Burning and Fire Extinguishing (CHHH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to introduce students of the doctoral programs with the latest developments in the chemistry of combustion processes and fire extinguishing. Attention is also paid to the characteristics of combustion products.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Summary of findings on the issue of flammability of materials. Thermodynamics and kinetics of redox processes. Burning as redox process.Thermal, chemical and biological processes of self-combustion. The current theory of the combustion process. Properties of products of combustion. Fire extinguishing process and extinguishing agents by their physical and chemical effects.Chemistry of water. Fire retardants.
Compulsory literature:
[1] Glassman, Irvin. Combustion. 3rd ed. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press, 1996 (*)
(*) available from the university web as an e-book
Recommended literature:
[1])Spiro, T.G. Stigliani W.M.: Chemistry of the Environment Elsevir 2003
[2]Yoshida, Tadao, Yuji Wada, and Natalie Foster. Safety of Reactive Chemicals and Pyrotechnics Industrial safety series, 5. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1995(*)
[3] Eckhoff, Rolf K. Dust Explosions in the Process Industries. 3rd ed. Amsterdam: Gulf.
Professional Pub 2003
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
They will be specified according to the thesis topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Combustion. Energy changes during burning and explosion processes. Kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.Thermodynamic characteristics of combustibles. Types of flames, the flame temperature. Burning of dust mixtures, gasous, liquid and solid substances. Methods of fire suppression.
2. Spontaneous combustion. Flammability of materials and their establishing. Thermal and chemical combustion. Autoignition based on biochemical processes. Methods of monitoring processes of thermooxidation.
3. Fire. Mechanism of the fire extinguishing processes. Types of extinguishing agents. Surfactants, foam formation theory. Water chemistry (the presence and distribution, chemical and physical properties).
4.The chemical and toxicological properties of combustion products
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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