ANZIAM J. 44(E) ppC687--C704, 2003.

Numerical investigation of a reaction in a batch reactor: flammability limits

M. J. Sexton

H. S. Sidhu

M. I. Nelson

(Received 1 August 2001; revised 18 December 2002)

Abstract

We study the spatial behaviour of the hydrogen-chlorine reaction in a batch reactor. The solutions exhibit regimes of slow and fast reaction. The main aim of this work is to distinguish between flaming and non-flaming mixtures from the numerical solutions. After setting out a practical criterion for flammability, we construct diagrams in parameter space which display the regions in which the reaction mixture is flammable.

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Authors

M. J. Sexton: Present address: DSTO Pyrmont NSW Australia
H. S. Sidhu: School of Mathematics \& Statistics, University of New South Wales at ADFA, Canberra, Australia. mailto:h.sidhu@adfa.edu.au
M. I. Nelson: as above

Published 1 April 2003. ISSN 1446-8735

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