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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target CH3.T4: Time of CH3 maximum in shock tube oxidation of methane

Mixture: CH4-O2-Ar (0.2021%-0.10%-99.7%), phi = 4.02, P = 1.02 atm, T = 2264 K

Reference: Chang, A.Y., Davidson, D.F., DiRosa, M., Hanson, R.K., and Bowman, C.T., 'Shock Tube Experiments for Development and Validation of Kinetic Models of Hydrocarbon Oxidation,' (1994) 25th Symposium (International) on Combustion, Poster 3 - 23.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(microsec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
83 96 115 85

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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