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Mathematical simulation of the oxygen–ethane reaction
Author(s) -
Kulich Donald M.,
Taylor Jay E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550070609
Subject(s) - chemistry , oxygen , induction period , homogeneous , nitrogen , pyrolysis , steady state (chemistry) , thermodynamics , computation , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , algorithm , computer science
Abstract Previous experimentation on the initial stages of the oxygen‐ethane reaction at temperatures near 600°C demonstrated the existence of a significant induction period under homogeneous conditions. Below 0.13% conversion, the rate with oxygen is less than the rate of ethane pyrolysis in the absence of oxygen. Experiments were conducted with mixtures of ∼1% ethane and ∼0.4% oxygen in nitrogen using the “wall‐less” technique. Mathematical simulations of the oxidative and simple pyrolyses of ethane were established by a numerical analysis. The experimentally observed induction period and the mechanisms previously proposed are supported by these computations. Steady‐state conditions are much more slowly attained in the presence of oxygen than in its absence.