Theory Of Fire Propagation (Fire Dynamics)

By Prof. V. Raghavan | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 644 | Exam registration: 46

ABOUT THE COURSE:

To enable students to apply the knowledge of combustion to fire propagation and control
To emphasize the basics of the subject of fire, its physical characteristics and modeling.
To explain the mathematics involved in transport processes during fire propagation as well as the empirical correlations for fire spread and fuel burning rates in detail.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG, PG, MS and PhD students doing research in Combustion and related areas

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Process and Fuel Industries, Nuclear industries and Industries those handle solvents and fuels.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Aerospace Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jul 2023
End Date :	13 Oct 2023
Enrollment Ends :	07 Aug 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	18 Aug 2023
Exam Date :	29 Oct 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Basics of Fires

Week 2: Thermodynamics of Fire Calculations

Week 3: Review of premixed and diffusion flames

Week 4: Burning of liquid fuels

Week 5: Continuation : Burning of liquid fuels

Week 6: Burning of solid fuels

Week 7: Continuation : Burning of solid fuels

Week 8: Analysis of fire plumes

Week 9: Enclosure fires

Week 10: Continuation : Enclosure fires

Week 11: Introduction to dust ignition, dust explosion and forest fires

Week 12: Fire safety aspects

Books and references

1.Björn Karlsson and James G. Quintiere, Enclosure Fire Dynamics, CRC Press, 1999.
2.James G. Quintiere, Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006.
3.Dougal Drysdale, An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011.
4.Ali S. Rangwala and V. Raghavan, Mechanism of Fires: Chemistry and Physical Aspects, ANE Publishers, 2021 and Springer, 2022.
5.Gregory E. Gorbett, James L. Pharr, and Scott Rockwell, Fire Dynamics, Pearson, 2017

Instructor bio

Prof. V. Raghavan

IIT Madras

Dr. Vasudevan Raghavan is currently working as Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India. He obtained his PhD degree from IITM and has carried out his post-doctoral research in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, microgravity droplet combustion simulations. His areas of research include Computational Fluid Dynamics applied to reacting flows, laminar flames, fire modelling, evaporation and combustion of liquid fuel droplets, flame spread and liquid fuel pool combustion, gasification and combustion of coal and biomass. Prof. Raghavan has graduated 10 PhD students and 18 MS students till July 2020. He has authored about 112 international peer reviewed journal articles, 60 international conference articles and a book on Combustion Technology ‚Äì Essentials of Flames and Burners, published by ANE Publishers and John Wiley & Sons Ltd., UK, 2016. He teaches graduate courses such as Theory of Fire Propagation, Fundamentals of Combustion, Combustion Technology and Applied Thermodynamics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in IITM.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 29 October 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

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