TY - JOUR
T1 - Explosions with Chain Branching
T2 - Induction Period Analysis
AU - Sen, Asok K.
AU - Law, C. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
During the course of this work Asok K. Sen and Chung K. Law were respectively supported by the Office of Naval Research under Contract No. NOOOI4-80-C-0586 and the Division of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-77ER-04433.
PY - 1982/4/1
Y1 - 1982/4/1
N2 - A spatially homogeneous explosion with chain branching is studied using the method of activation energy asymptotics. The model consists of a chain branching reaction which is followed by a chain termination reaction. Both these reactions are considered exothermic, in general, with the former having a large and the latter an 0(1) amount of activation energy. We examine the complete range of values of A, the reaction rate ratio of these two reactions. The object is to calculate the induction period of such branched chain explosions. Wherever appropriate, two types of situations are considered: the chain carrier at the beginning of the branching reaction is present in (i) small (ii) moderate amounts. It is found that the results may differ substantially depending on the range of values of A and the conditions (i) and (ii).
AB - A spatially homogeneous explosion with chain branching is studied using the method of activation energy asymptotics. The model consists of a chain branching reaction which is followed by a chain termination reaction. Both these reactions are considered exothermic, in general, with the former having a large and the latter an 0(1) amount of activation energy. We examine the complete range of values of A, the reaction rate ratio of these two reactions. The object is to calculate the induction period of such branched chain explosions. Wherever appropriate, two types of situations are considered: the chain carrier at the beginning of the branching reaction is present in (i) small (ii) moderate amounts. It is found that the results may differ substantially depending on the range of values of A and the conditions (i) and (ii).
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U2 - 10.1080/00102208208952542
DO - 10.1080/00102208208952542
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020122617
SN - 0010-2202
VL - 28
SP - 75
EP - 80
JO - Combustion science and technology
JF - Combustion science and technology
IS - 1-2
ER -