Ps. Bishnu et al., CONSTRAINED-EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS FOR CHEMICAL-SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO GENERALIZED LINEAR CONSTRAINTS USING THE NASA AND STANJAN EQUILIBRIUM PROGRAMS, COMBUSTION THEORY AND MODELLING, 1(3), 1997, pp. 295-312
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Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics,Thermodynamics,"Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Fast efficient numerical programs for determining the equilibrium comp
osition of large chemical systems subject to generalized linear constr
aints are needed for chemical kinetic calculations involving both the
conventional local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) and the more genera
l rate-controlled constrained-equilibrium RCCE assumptions. For this p
urpose two callable subroutines based on the well known NASA and STANJ
AN equilibrium codes have been developed by a simple modification of t
heir input files. To evaluate the performance of these subroutines, te
st calculations have been made for the hydrogen-oxygen (H-O) and carbo
n- hydrogen-oxygen-nitrogen (C-H-O-N) systems with various combination
s of constraints on the elements, the total moles and the free valence
(number of unpaired electrons) in the system. The allowed domain of t
he constraints was determined and both interior and boundary points we
re investigated for several temperature and pressure conditions. The r
esults showed that STANJAN was superior to NASA both in convergence an
d speed under all conditions investigated.