- Author
- Miller, J. H. | Mallard, W. G. | Smyth, K. C.
- Title
- Chemical Production Rates of Intermediate Hydrocarbons in a Methane/Air Diffusion Flame.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 21st. August 3-8, 1986, Munich, West Germany, 1057-1065 p., 1986
- Keywords
- diffusion flames | radicals
- Abstract
- The net production and destruction rates for acetylene, diacetylene, butadiene, and benzene have been determined from measurements of species concentrations, temperature, and velocity in a methane/air diffusion flame. In addition, profile measurements of the methyl radical are used to compute profiles of hydrogen atoms and ethynyl radicals. These results provide an initial evaluation of proposed models of hydrocarbon chemical growth routes in diffusion flames. Evidence is also presented for acetylene participation in surface growth processes on small soot particles.