Module 4: Chemistry of combustion
  Lecture 21: Chain Branching Explosion
 


Partial Equilibrium Approximation (PEA)

PEA expresses concentration of unknown species in terms of known concentrations.

Consider NO formation mechanism,

Reaction Rate (RR) for NO species:

 
 
Note 1: O and N2 concentration are required to determine RR
Note 2:

Rate of formation and destruction of O is very high

Difficult to measure the concentration of O!!!