Seediscussions,stats,andauthorprofilesforthispublicationat:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232887464AComprehensiveReactionMechanismForCarbonMonoxide/Hydrogen/OxygenKineticsARTICLEinCOMBUSTIONSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY·SEPTEMBER1991ImpactFactor:0.99·DOI:10.1080/00102209108951759CITATIONS266READS5283AUTHORS,INCLUDING:Frederick.L.DryerPrincetonUniversity340PUBLICATIONS9,096CITATIONSSEEPROFILEAvailablefrom:Frederick.L.DryerRetrievedon:29October2015DownloadedBy:[SandiaNationalLaboratories]At:17:2614November2007Combust.Sci.andTech.,1991.Vol.79,pp.97-128Photocopyingpermittedbylicenseonly©GordonandBreachSciencePublishersS.A.PrintedinUnitedKingdomAComprehensiveReactionMechanismForCarbonMonoxide/Hydrogen/OxygenKineticsR.A.YETTERandF.L.DRYERDepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineering.PrincetonUniversitv,Princeton.NJ08544andH.RABITZDepartmentofChemistry,PrincetonUniversity.Princeton.NJ08544(ReceivedOctober17,1990;infinalformMarch12,1991)Abstract-Acomprehensivereactionmechanismfortheoxidationofcarbonmonoxideinthepresenceofhydrogenisdescribed.Modelpredictionsarecomparedwithexperimentaldataoverwiderangesofphysicalconditions.Thedata.obtainedfromshocktubeexperimentsandvarioustypesofreactorexperiments,encompassedacombinedtemperaturerangeof823-2870K,fuel-oxidizerequivalenceratiosbetween0.0005and6.0.C/Hratiosbetween0.005and:28,andpressuresbetween0.3and2.2atmospheres.Validationofthereactionmechanismisobtainedwithreproductionoftheexperimentalresultsbythemodelpredictionsandfromsensitivityanalysiscalculations.Resultsfromthelattercalculationsprovidedaquantitativemeasureofthesensitivityofthemodelpredictionstotheimposedinputparametersoverthecompleterangeofexperimentalparametersnotedabove.Keywords:reactionmechanisms.CO/H2oxidation,modelling,sensitivityanalysis.INTRODUCTIONAcomprehensivereactionmechanismisasetofreactionswhichhasbeentestedandvalidatedagainstexperimentaldataoverawiderangeofphysicalconditions.Thepurposeofacomprehensivemechanismistohaveageneralizedreactionmechanismwhichca...
