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DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target SR.14: Time to half of CH4 concentration of methane oxidation in a jet-stirred reactor

Mixture: CH4-O2-N2 (0.3%-1.2%-98.5%), phi = 0.5, P = 1 atm, T = 1243 K

References: Tan, Y., Dagaut, P., Cathonnet, M., Boettner, J.C., Bachman, J.S., and Carlier, P., 'Natural Gas and Blends Oxidation and Ignition: Experiments and Modeling,' (1994) 25th Symposium (International) on Combustion,  p. 1563.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(sec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
0.14 0.12 0.226 CALC30.82

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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