Combustion kinetics-- Guest lecture given by Professor Olivier Herbinet
This lecture includes three parts: 1) Phenomena Observed in the Combustion of Hydrocarbons, 2) Generalities about Gas-Phase Kinetics, 3) Modeling of the oxidation of Fuels.
Outline of the lecture:
1) Phenomena Observed in the Combustion of Hydrocarbons
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Slow Oxidation - Cool Flames – Ignition
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Relationship between structure and reactivity
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Nature of reaction products
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Influence of conditions on the kinetics
2) Generalities about Gas-Phase Kinetics
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Activation mode
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Molecularity – Fall off Effect
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Radical Reaction Mechanisms
3) Modeling of the oxidation of Fuels
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Oxidation Chemistry at Low and High Temperatures
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Elementary Reactions Involved in Mechanisms
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Origin of the NTC
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Estimation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Data
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Model Performance and kinetic analysis
Time: 10.15, March 1st, 2023
Location: Zoom meeting is available. Please join with this link: 9765290985
Duration: 50 minutes
Presenter Information
Olivier Herbinet
Professor
Olivier Herbinet (male) is an Associate Professor at the University of Lorraine since 2007. He is a specialist in the use of continuous flow reactors (e.g., jet-stirred reactor and flow tube reactors) for the study of gas-phase reactions (oxidation and pyrolysis) of organic compounds, using a wide range of diagnostics from gas chromatography to mass spectrometry with ionization using synchrotron radiation. These studies led to 82 peer-reviewed publications (h-factor = 31 (WoS)).
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