The rate-controlled constrained equilibrium (RCCE) method for reducing chemical kinetics in systems with time-scale separation

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Rigopoulos, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Mechanism reduction

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MECHANISM REDUCTION; TIME SCALES SPANNING; TIME-SCALE SEPARATION;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 34548102430     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v5.i1.20     Document Type: Article

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