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DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target NF11: Ratio of CH peak concentrations at two levels of NO doping in a laminar premixed flame

Mixtures: CH4-O2-NO-Ar (19.01%-38%-1.2%-41.79%); CH4-O2-Ar (19.01%-38%-42.99%)
phi = 1.0, P = 10 torr, flow rate = 1.8e-3 gm/cm^2 s

Reference: Williams, B.A. and Fleming, J.W., 'Comparative Species Concentrations in CH4/O2/Ar Flames Doped with N2O, NO and NO2,' (1994) Combust. Flame 98, 93.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
[CH](NO=1.2%)
/[CH](NO=0%)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
0.95 0.90 0.911 0.913

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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