Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Methane Combustion in CO2/O2 Atmosphere

Authors: Federico Lo Presti, Francesca di Mare
Ruhr University Bochum  
Emails: federico.lopresti@rub.de, francesca.dimare@rub.de
Date: 18.08.2020  
License: CC BY-NC-ND  

This repository contains a reduced chemical kinetic mechanism for the combustion of methane in a carbon dioxide/oxygen atmosphere at high pressures (100-300 bar).
The original mechanism, AramcoMech 2.0, has been reduced using the Global Pathway Selection method.

Files (chemkin format):

1) chem.inp: defines the chemical species and the elementary reactions involved in the mechanism
2) AramcoMech2.0.transp: contains molecular information for the evaluation of transport properties 
3) crit.dat: provides critical properties of species relevant for high-pressure conditions
4) therm.dat: contains coefficients for the evaluation of species thermodynamic properties using NASA polynomials

References:
AramcoMech 2.0: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/combustionchemistrycentre/mechanismdownloads/aramcomech20  
Reduction Method (Global Pathway Selection): Gao et al., Combustion and Flame, 167 (2016), 238-247.

