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The combustion process may be defined as an interaction between fuel, energy, and the environment rather than merely a chemical reaction of fuel with oxygen to release energy, or a physical reaction of the fuel with the environment involving heat and mass transfer. The process is enormously complex even with relatively simple or homogenous fuels. A quantitative description of this process requires the combined capabilities of a physical chemist specializing in chemical kinetics, a physicist specializing in heat and mass transfer, and an engineer specializing in fluid dynamic and unit operations communicating with the skills of an applied mathematician.
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Shafizadeh, F. (1981). Basic Principles of Direct Combustion. In: Sofer, S.S., Zaborsky, O.R. (eds) Biomass Conversion Processes for Energy and Fuels. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0301-6_6
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