Determination of global parameters of gas-phase oxidation reactions from heat-evolution rates in a plug flow reactor

We have obtained curves of heat evolution in the process of gas-phase interaction of oxygen with 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, dimethyl formamide, kerosene (T-1 fuel), 1-methyl-1,2-dicyclopropylcyclopropane, n-butyl alcohol, and toluene in a plug flow reactor, with high dilution with nitrogen. The values of the kinetic constants for the processes have been determined using the data obtained. The adequacy of the kinetic models for chemical processes that cause self-ignition of combustible mixtures has been shown by comparing calculation results concerning self-ignition parameters with the available experimental data. Translated fromFizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 20–25, March–April, 1998.