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Ethylene oxidation in a well‐stirred reactor
Author(s) -
Marinov Nick M.,
Malte Philip C.
Publication year - 1995
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.550271003
Subject(s) - ethylene , chemistry , branching (polymer chemistry) , reaction mechanism , decomposition , continuous stirred tank reactor , redox , kinetics , thermodynamics , reaction rate , analytical chemistry (journal) , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The detailed ethylene oxidation data set of Thornton [1], obtained for a well‐stirred reactor operated fuel‐lean at atmospheric pressure and for temperatures of 1003 K to 1253 K, is used as a basis for the comparison of chemical kinetic mechanisms reported in the literature and for the development of a new ethylene oxidation mechanism. The mechanisms examined are those of Westbrook and Pitz [2] and Dagaut et al. [3]. These mechanisms indicated that unusually large rates for the vinyl decomposition reaction are required to obtain agreement with the Thornton data set. A new ethylene oxidation mechanism is developed in order to overcome some of the drawbacks of the previous mechanisms. The new mechanism closely simulates the overall rate of loss of ethylene, and the concentration of CO, CO 2 , H 2 , CH 2 O, C 2 H 2 , CH 3 OH, CH 4 , and C 2 H 6 measured for the stirred reactor. Predictions by this mechanism are dependent on a new high temperature vinyl oxidation route,\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm C}_{\rm 2} {\rm H}_{\rm 3} + {\rm O}_{\rm 2} \, = \,{\rm CH}_{\rm 2} {\rm CHO}\,{\rm + }\,{\rm O} $$\end{document}with a k C2H3+O2CH2CHO+C / k C2H3+O2CH2O+HCO branching ratio of 1.4 at 1053 K to 2.05 at 1253 K. The branching ratio values were dependent upon the extent of fall‐off for the C 2 H 3 + O 2 = CH 2 O + HCO reaction. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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