Travelling Waves in a Two-Step Chain Branching Model with Heat Loss

Harvinder S. Sidhu, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy
V.V. Gubernov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Geoff Mercer, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy
A.V. Kolobov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
A.A. Polezhaev, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
J.J. Sharples, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy

Abstract

In this paper we undertake a numerical investigation of travelling nonadiabatic combustion waves for the case of a two-step chain branching reaction mechanism. For simplicity we have assumed equal diffusivity of the reactant, radicals and heat. The speed of the combustion wave is analysed for different values of the heat loss parameter. We also determine how the extinction limit depends on the heat loss parameter as well as properties of the fuel.

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Sidhu, Harvinder S.; Gubernov, V.V.; Mercer, Geoff; Kolobov, A.V.; Polezhaev, A.A.; and Sharples, J.J. (2009) "Travelling Waves in a Two-Step Chain Branching Model with Heat Loss," Chemical Product and Process Modeling: Vol. 4 : Iss. 3, Article 9.
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1437
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/cppm/vol4/iss3/9

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