ContribDieselFoamThermophysicalPropertiesCHEMKINFile

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CHEMKINFile

Points to the direction of the chemkin-file.

This file contains the information of which species that will be used in the calculation and what chemical reactions will be used for the chemistry. It typically looks like this:

ELEMENTS
 H  O  C  N
END
SPECIE 
C7H16 O2 N2 CO2 H2O
END
REACTIONS
 C7H16 + 11O2            => 7CO2 + 8H2O        5.00E+8  0.0   15780.0
        FORD    / C7H16 0.25 /
        FORD    / O2 1.5 /
END

For the above setting the reaction rate will be

$\dot \omega = 5.0*10^8 T^{0.0} \exp(-\frac{15780.0}{R*T}) [C_7H_{16}]^{0.25} [O_2]^{1.5}$

where $[X]$ is the molar concentration.

For more information I recommend http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/EDL/public/formats/chemkin.html