Gas-Phase Combustion

Gas-Phase Combustion......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 8
2. General features of the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen......Page 16
3. Explosion limits and the slow gaseous reaction......Page 19
4. Second explosion limits and the slow reaction in vessels having very low surface destruction efficiencies for hydroperoxyl and hydrogen peroxide......Page 54
5. Studies of the reaction in shock tubes and flames......Page 78
6. Rate coefficients of elementary processes......Page 124
7. The reaction between deuterium and oxygen......Page 159
8. Nitrogen oxides and hydrogen oxidation......Page 165
9. Hydrocarbon addition to the hydrogen–oxygen system......Page 183
10. The oxidation of carbon monoxide and hydrogen–carbon monoxide mixtures......Page 189
References......Page 249
1. Introduction......Page 264
2. The prevalent theories on the mechanism of hydrocarbon oxidation in 1960......Page 265
3. The low temperature mechanism......Page 273
4. The high temperature mechanism......Page 327
5. The variation of mechanism with the molecular weight and structure of the hydrocarbon......Page 336
6. Mathematical models......Page 358
7. Appendix......Page 367
References......Page 376
1. Introduction......Page 384
2. Some general aspects of aldehyde combustion......Page 385
3. Low temperature aldehyde oxidation......Page 387
4. Intermediate and high temperature oxidation......Page 416
5. Cool flames and ignition phenomena......Page 444
References......Page 450
1. Alcohols......Page 456
2. Ketones......Page 465
3. Ketene......Page 477
4. Oxirans......Page 479
5. Ethers......Page 482
6. Esters......Page 487
7. Peroxides......Page 492
8. Sulphur compounds......Page 494
9. Nitrogen compounds......Page 495
10. Halogen compounds......Page 505
References......Page 511
Index......Page 516