| Description of target | Sensitivity diagram | Prediction of GRI-Mech 3.0 |

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target BCH2O.T2: Time to half of maximum CO concentration in shock tube oxidation of formaldehyde

Mixture: CH2O-O2-Ar (4% - 1% - 95%), phi = 4, P = 2.31 atm, T = 1591 K

Reference: Hidaka, Y., Taniguchi, T., Tanaka, H., Kamesawa, T., Inami, K., and Kawano, H. 'Shock Tube Study of CH2O Pyrolysis and Oxidation,' (1993) Combust. Flame  92, 365.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(microsec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
20.8 39.3 31.2 21

SENSITIVITY DIAGRAMS

The sensitivity spectra shown below were computed with a trial reaction mechanism composed of a set of 322 elementary reactions of 53 species.

Sensitivity coefficients with respect to rate coefficients Sensitivity coefficients with respect to heats of formation

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