ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 discussed the overall chemical reaction with complete combustion and products at chemical equilibrium. However, the rate of reaction and time required to achieve either complete combustion or chemical equilibrium have not been dealt with. In this chapter, we consider the change in the chemical structure (i.e., molecular rearrangement of atoms) that results in desired chemical products and the rate at which the products are formed. Consider a premixed mixture of two species: fuel CH
and oxidizer O
. The fuel species reacts with the oxidizer and produces CO
and H
O.
