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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target CO.ST8: Time to half of CO maximum in shock tube oxidation of methane

Mixture: CH4-O2-Ar (1%-1.5%-97.5%), phi = 1.33, P = 2.45 atm, T = 1865 K

Reference: Yu, C.L., Wang, C., and Frenklach, M., 'Chemical Kinetics of Methyl Oxidation by Molecular Oxygen,' (1995) J.Phys.Chem. 99, 14377.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(millisec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
0.34 0.25 0.27 0.213

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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