ADIABATIC DECOMPOSITION KINETICS BY NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION

Reactions with large negative enthalpy changes are often encountered i n the chemical industry. Sometimes they give rise to technical dangers and hazards, including explosions. This investigation concentrates on examination of adiabatic temperature-time-curves and gives non-linear optimization procedures for obtaining kinetic parameters of simple de compositions, e.g. o-nitrobenzaldehyde, two types of autocatalysis, co nsecutive reactions and competitive consecutive reactions. The advanta ge of this computing method is that only differential kinetic equation s are needed.