"Global" kinetic mechanisms for calculating turbulent reactive flows. I. The basic chemical heat release process

Empirical mechanisms of combustion of various paraffin hydrocarbons with a number of atoms ranging from 1 to 14 and of their derivatives are proposed. The mechanisms were optimized to meet the conditions of a laminar flame sp reading in mixtures of different composition at various initial temperature s and pressures. The number of scalar quantities and reaction steps varies from 4 to 7 and 1 to 7, respectively. The suggested mechanisms were optimiz ed in flames with no turbulence, therefore can be used only as a basis for simulating chemical reactions occurring in turbulent combustion.