An Efficient Numerical Method for Stirred Reactor Calculations

摘要

An efficient method is presented for calculating chemical composition in a perfectly stirred reactor at a given pressure, stoichiometry, and mass flow per unit volume. Either temperature or enthalpy may be prescribed as the additional condition for the computations. By employing linearization techniques, the nonlinear equations of detailed finite rate chemical kinetic schemes are reduced to a system of algebraic equations which are solved iteratively. No difficulties are experienced in obtaining converged solutions using the techniques described in the report. A computer program is presented for solution of problems with arbitrary fuel/oxidant combinations. (Author)