| Description of target | Sensitivity diagram | Prediction of GRI-Mech 3.0 |

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target CH3.T3: Time of CH3 maximum in shock tube ethane pyrolysis

Mixture: C2H6-Ar (206ppm), P=1.35 atm, T=1684 K

Reference: Davidson, D.F., DiRosa, M., Chang, A.Y., Hanson, R.K., and Bowman, C.T., 'Shock Tube Study of Methane Decomposition Using Laser Absorption by CH3,' (1992) 24th Symposium (International) on Combustion, p. 589.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(microsec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
98 135 107 120

SENSITIVITY DIAGRAMS

The sensitivity spectra shown below were computed with a trial reaction mechanism composed of a set of 322 elementary reactions of 53 species.

Sensitivity coefficients with respect to rate coefficients Sensitivity coefficients with respect to heats of formation

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