Intro
Local Organization Team and Message from the Director, NIT, Kurukshetra
Preface
Introduction
Contents
About the Editors
High-Speed Propulsion
Towards Credible CFD Analysis of High-Speed Propulsion Systems
1 Introduction
1.1 Role of CFD
2 Verification and Validation of Numerical Simulations
2.1 Process of Verification
2.2 Process of Validation
3 Verification and Validation of the Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) Concept
3.1 Verification of Idealized PDE Simulations
3.2 Validation of Idealized PDE Simulations

4 The Rotating Detonation Engine Concept
5 Concluding Remarks
References
Numerical Study of Spherical and Cylindrical Shock Wave Focusing
1 Introduction
1.1 Shock Focusing
1.2 Application of Shock Wave Focusing
2 Experimental Methods for Shock Wave Focusing
3 Computational Method
3.1 Computational Domain
4 Test Conditions
4.1 Validation of Results
5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Cylindrical Shock Convergence
5.2 Spherical Shock Convergence
5.3 Real Gas Effects
6 Conclusion
References
Renewable Fuels

Renewable Energy Derived from Water Hyacinth Through Hydrothermal Gasification
1 Introduction
2 Water Hyacinth
2.1 General
2.2 Negative Impacts of Water Hyacinth
2.3 Use of Water Hyacinth
2.4 Fuel Properties of Water Hyacinth
3 Hydrothermal Gasification
3.1 Theory
3.2 Literature Review on Hydrothermal Gasification
3.3 Summary
4 Experimental Study on the Hydrothermal Gasification of Water Hyacinth Without Catalyst
4.1 Designing of the Experiment's Conditions
4.2 Experiment Setup
4.3 Feedstock Preparation
4.4 Experimental Procedure

4.5 Determination of Lower Heating Value (LHV)
4.6 Experimental Results
5 Summary
References
Thermochemical Solutions for CO2 Utilization to Fuels and Value-Added Products
1 Introduction
2 Carbon Cycle and Its Impact on Climate
2.1 Weathering-Metamorphism Feedback
2.2 Milankovitch Cycle and Albedo
2.3 Oceanic Carbon Sink
3 Anthropogenic Influence on Carbon Cycle
3.1 Impact of Anthropogenic Emissions on the Oceanic Sink
3.2 Duration of Global Warming
3.3 Climate Change Accelerating Factors
4 Need for Carbon Cycle Restoration
5 Carbon Capture