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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target F3: Laminar Flame Speed

Mixture: CH4-air, phi = 0.67, P = 1 atm, T(0) = 300 K

References: Vagelopoulos, C.M., Egolfopoulos, F.N., and Law, C.K., 'Further Considerations on the Determination of Laminar Flame Speeds with the Counterflow Twin-Flame Technique,' (1994) 25th Symposium (International) on Combustion,  p. 1341.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(cm/s)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
13.5 16.55 18.09 16.94

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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