Cantera Outline/Brief

Overview of Cantera

• Capabilities
• Source Code Layout

Kinetics

• Reaction Rates and Source Terms
• Kinetic Mechanisms
• Simple Reaction Example
• Simple Reaction Network Example
• Complex Reaction Network Example
• Surface Reactions and Coverage

Thermodynamics

• Single Phase Thermodynamics
• Mixtures
• Equations of State
• Equilibrium
• Piston-Cylinder Example
• Multiphase Thermodynamics

Transport

• Mass Transfer
• Diffusion
• Diffusion Coefficients
• Mass Transfer Coefficients
• Heat Transfer
• Thermal Diffusion Coefficients
• Heat Transfer Coefficients
• Momentum Transfer
• Viscosity
• Non-Dimensional Analysis with Cantera

Reactor Design

• Reactor Types
• Reactor Equations
• Differential and Integral Reactors
• Isothermal and Non-Isothermal Reactors
• Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Reactions

Numerics

Optimization

Code Mechanics