COMBUSTION PROCESSES IN CSTR BIFURCATION-ANALYSIS OF THE H-2-O-2 SYSTEM

A method for the analysis of combustion processes in continuous stirre d tank reactors is described. The method, based on the results of the bifurcation theory, appears to be efficient and fast and allows the ig nition diagram in the plane temperature-pressure to be plotted. This d iagram presents much more information than the traditional one obtaine d by analysis in the time domain. Moreover, the map can give suggestio ns on the experimental strategy to be followed in the search for inter esting dynamic behaviour. The method is applied to the analysis of the H-2-O-2 system for a stoichiometric mixture at 4 and 6 s residence ti mes, in the pressure range 0.05-0.20 atm and for temperatures between 600 and 900 K. The results provided by the developed method and some l iterature experimental data are compared.