Combustion
Rapid exothermic oxidation of a fuel releases reaction enthalpy as high-temperature gas. Chemical potential becomes a temperature difference for a heat engine.
Atlas record: 5 claims reference this phenomenon — 5 established.
Explorerelations · matrix context · routes · sources · cite
Relations
- fuel, oxidiser and an ignition source; flame temperature 1500–2500 K
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 72 (showing 24)
- Combustion heater (boiler, furnace)2/2 est · demonstrated
- Combustion-driven micro-thermophotovoltaic generator7/7 est · demonstrated
- Combustion gas-turbine plant7/7 est · demonstrated
- Combustion MHD generator7/7 est · demonstrated
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Thermal emission → Light4/4 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Magnetohydrodynamic generation → Charge carriers → Electrical work4/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermochemical redox cycle → Chemical fuel (H₂, CO, syngas) → Chemical fuel5/5 est · same energy form
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 est · weakly supported
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 est · weakly supported
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Seebeck effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermionic emission → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermogalvanic effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Anomalous Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 est · candidate
Cited sources · 1
- [1]A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:combustion: Combustion. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/combustion
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