Aronowitz, D., Naegeli, D.W., and Glassman, I. (1977)
Kinetics of the Pyrolysis of Methanol
J. Phys. Chem., 1977, 81, 2555.
Abstract
An adiabatic turbulent flow reactor was used to examine the pyrolysis of methanol in the temperature range 1070-1225 K at atmospheric pressure. Emphasis has been placed on determining the important initiation and termination steps and estimating rate constants for several reactions. A steady state treatment of the proposed 19-step mechanism yields a complex rate law for methanol decay. The roles of hydrogen as a promoter and methane as an inhibiter are accounted for in the proposed mechanism.

REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS SUGGESTED IN THIS WORK:

GRI-Mech
Number
('-' sign
means
reverse)		 Reaction Rate Coefficient
A T^n exp(-E/RT)		 Temperature
Range
(K)
A
(mol,cm3,s)		 n
(T in K)		 E
(cal/mol)
-54* CH2O (+M) -> H + HCO (+M) 1.0E+14   87000 1070-1225
-95* CH3OH (+M) -> CH3 + OH (+M) 2.0E+16   91000 1070-1225

* dimensions s-1