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This open access book introduces and explains machine learning (ML) algorithms and techniques developed for statistical inferences on a complex process or system and their applications to simulations of chemically reacting turbulent flows. These two fields, ML and turbulent combustion, have large body of work and knowledge on their own, and this book brings them together and explain the complexities and challenges involved in applying ML techniques to simulate and study reacting flows. This is important as to the world’s total primary energy supply (TPES), since more than 90% of this supply is through combustion technologies and the non-negligible effects of combustion on environment. Although alternative technologies based on renewable energies are coming up, their shares for the TPES is are less than 5% currently and one needs a complete paradigm shift to replace combustion sources. Whether this is practical or not is entirely a different question, and an answer to this question depends on the respondent. However, a pragmatic analysis suggests that the combustion share to TPES is likely to be more than 70% even by 2070. Hence, it will be prudent to take advantage of ML techniques to improve combustion sciences and technologies so that efficient and “greener” combustion systems that are friendlier to the environment can be designed. The book covers the current state of the art in these two topics and outlines the challenges involved, merits and drawbacks of using ML for turbulent combustion simulations including avenues which can be explored to overcome the challenges. The required mathematical equations and backgrounds are discussed with ample references for readers to find further detail if they wish. This book is unique since there is not any book with similar coverage of topics, ranging from big data analysis and machine learning algorithm to their applications for combustion science and system design for energy generation. .

Fossil fuel technologies --- Engineering thermodynamics --- Machine learning --- Thermodynamics & heat --- Machine Learning --- Combustion Simulations --- Combustion Modelling --- Big Data Analysis --- Dimensionality reduction --- Reduced-order modelling --- Neural Networks --- Turbulent Combustion --- Physics-based modelling --- Data-driven modelling --- Deep learning --- Thermoacoustics and its modelling --- Reactive molecular dynamics --- Simulations of reacting flows --- Cogeneration of electric power and heat. --- Fossil fuels. --- Thermodynamics. --- Heat engineering. --- Heat transfer. --- Mass transfer. --- Machine learning. --- Fossil Fuel. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer. --- Machine Learning. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Mass transport (Physics) --- Thermodynamics --- Transport theory --- Heat transfer --- Thermal transfer --- Transmission of heat --- Energy transfer --- Mechanical engineering --- Fossil energy --- Fuel --- Energy minerals --- Combined electric power and heat production --- Electric power and heat cogeneration --- Heat and electric power cogeneration --- Electric power production --- Learning, Machine --- Artificial intelligence --- Machine theory