A reduced kinetic mechanism for premixed CH[sub 3]Cl/air flames

Journal Article · Sun Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1993 · Combustion and Flame; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-2180(93)90154-U· OSTI ID:6441994

Lee, K Y; Puri, I K ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago (United States)

A reduced chemical kinetic mechanism is developed in order to predict the flame phenomena associated with methyl chloride burning in air. The reduced mechanism, which consists of nine global steps, is systematically derived from a detailed scheme involving 63 elementary steps. The reduced mechanism is capable of explicitly calculating the concentration of 15 species along the C[sub 1] and C[sub 2] pathways (including molecular nitrogen, which acts as an inert), and implicitly predicting the concentration of ten species. Good agreement is found between the flame speeds predicted by the detailed and reduced mechanisms, and with experimental results obtained in this laboratory. In addition, the species concentration profiles obtained by the reduced mechanism are in agreement with those predicted by the detailed mechanism. The reduced mechanism derived in the present study has been investigated for premixed flames burning stoichiometric mixtures of methyl chloride and air, and its application should be limited to the same.

• OSTI ID: 6441994
• Journal Information: Combustion and Flame; (United States), Journal Name: Combustion and Flame; (United States) Vol. 92:4; ISSN CBFMAO; ISSN 0010-2180
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400800* -- Combustion
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& High-Temperature Chemistry
AIR
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMBUSTION KINETICS
FLAMES
FLUIDS
GASES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
KINETICS
METHYL CHLORIDE
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTION INTERMEDIATES
REACTION KINETICS