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Chen, W

1996

Global Rate Expression for Nitric Oxide Reburning. Part 2

Chen, W.; Smoot, L.D.; Hill, S.C. and Fletcher, T.H.
Energy & Fuels, 10(5):1046-1052, 1996. Funded by ACERC.

An investigation of a global reburning-NO reaction, SigmaijCiHj + NO --> HCN + . . ., which is a reduction pathway of nitric oxide (NO) by reaction with gaseous hydrocarbons, was conducted. The global reburning-NO rate expression was deduced from a combination of elemental reactions. The global rate expression and its rate constants were then determined by correlating predicted species profiles from simple hydrocarbon flames. This global reburning-NO rate constant can be expressed as 2.7 x 106 exp(-18,800/RT) (gmol/cm³s). This expression and constants are applicable to atmospheric pressure with an equivalence ratio rang of 1.2-2.08 for light hydrocarbon reburning ghases (CH4 and C2H4).

A Computational Method for Determining Global Fuel-NO Rate Expressions.

Part 1

Chen, W.; Smoot, L.D.; Fletcher, T.H. and Boardman, R.D.
Energy & Fuels, 10(5):1036-1045, 1996. Funded by ACERC.

Global chemical reaction rates used in the modeling of NOx formation in comprehensive combustion codes have traditionally been obtained trough correlation of experimental data. In this paper, a computational approach for obtaining global rates is presented. Several premixed flames were simulated, and sensitivity analysis of species concentration profiles was used to suggest global pathways in fuel-nitrogen conversion to NO. Based on these analyses, the global reaction rates were formulated. The predicted species concentration profiles and their derivatives were then used in the determination of the global rate constants. The correlation of rate constants for the two fuel-NO global rates (HCN + NO N2 + . . . and HCN + O2 NO + . . .) are discussed. Comparisons of the computed global rate constants with those rate constants with those deduced from experimental data show good agreement. The global rates provide practical kinetics for simulating nitrogen pollutant chemistry in complex flames.

1994

A Global Reaction Rate for Nitric Oxide Reburning

Chen, W.
A Global Reaction Rate for Nitric Oxide Reburning
, Ph.D./BYU, December 1994. Advisors: Smoot, Fletcher and Hill