A re-evaluation
of the flow reactor experiments of Abián
et al. (Formation
of NO from N2/O2 Mixtures in a Flow Reactor:
Toward an Accurate Prediction of Thermal NOAbiánM.AlzuetaM. U.GlarborgP.
Abián, M.
Alzueta, M. U.
Glarborg, P.
Int. J. Chem. Kinet.201547518532) is presented. In these experiments, nitrogen oxide formation was
measured at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range of 1700–1810
K using several mixtures containing different ratios of oxygen, nitrogen,
and water vapor. On the basis of the mechanism of Abián et
al., the two most important reaction steps for NO formation (reaction
R1, NO + N = N2 + O; reaction R2, N2O + O =
2 NO) were identified by local sensitivity analysis. For the optimization
of the Arrhenius parameters of these reaction steps, 25 data points
measured by Abián et al., two direct rate coefficient measurements
(73 data points), and one theoretical calculation were used. The obtained
mechanism with the optimized Arrhenius parameters (reaction R1, A = 1.176 × 1010 cm3 mol–1 s–1, n = 0.935,
and E/R = −693.68 K; reaction
R2, A = 1.748 × 1016 cm3 mol–1 s–1, n = −0.557, and E/R = 14 447
K) described the results of the flow reactor experiments, direct measurements,
and theoretical calculations much better compared to the Abián
et al. mechanism and also several recent NOx mechanisms.
The rate coefficients of these elementary reactions were obtained
with low uncertainty in the temperature range of 1600–2200
K.