Here is a list of every mechanism available on this website.
If you want a research by fuel and type of mechanism, please go to the data table.
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- these mechanisms are available freely with the adequate citation.
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Detailed mechanisms |
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Smaller hydrocarbon combustion |
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| Mechanism | Species | Reversible reactions | Location | Year | Comments |
| GRI-Mech 2.11 | 49 | 279 | H2-CH4/air combustion. | ||
| GRI-Mech 3.0 | 53 | 325 | H2-CH4 combustion | ||
| Konnov (v0.5) | 127 | 1200 | CH4 plasma combustion | ||
| Konnov (v0.6) | 201 | 2300 | CH4 plasma combustion | ||
| San Diego | 57 | 268 | UC San Diego | 2005 | H2-CH4-C2H4-C3H8-C4H10 combustion |
| POLIMI C1_C3 mechanism | 159 | 268 | POLIMI | 2014/2015 | Hydrocarbons from C1 to C3 combustion |
| USC II | 111 | 784 | University of southern California | 2007 | H2-CO-C1 to C4 combustion comprising GRI-Mech 3.0 |
| Wang | 75 | 529 | University of Delaware | 1999 | C1 to C4 combustion based on GRI-Mech |
Gasoline kinetic schemes |
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| Mechanism | Species | Reversible reactions | Location | Year | Comments |
| Curran | 1034 | 8453 | LNLL | IC8H18 oxidation | |
| Anderlhor | 536 | 3000 | IFP + ENSIC | 2009 | n-C7H16, IC8H18 and toluene oxidation based on Curran |
| Jerzembeck | 203 | 1001 | RWTH Aachen + Standford University | 2007 | n-C7H16, IC8H18 and toluene oxidation at high pressure, based on Curran |
Kerosene kinetic schemes |
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| Mechanism | Species | Reversible reactions | Location | Year | Comments |
| Dagaut | 225 | 1800 | ICARE | 2005 | Kerosene combustion |
| JetSurf | 348 | 2163 | Standford university | 2009 | For high-temperature n-alkane (up to n-dodecane), cyclohexane and methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl and n-butyl cyclohexane oxidation |
| Narayanaswamy | 362 | 1861 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras + RWTH Aachen + Cornell University | 2015 | Jet-fuel surrogate combustion |
| POLIMI C1_C16 mechanism | 368 to 621 |
14323 to 27369 |
POLIMI | 2012-2015 | Hydrocarbons from C1 to C16 |
Reduced mechanisms |
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H2 (hydrogen) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| H2_oO2_8_18_0_PB | Boivin | 2005 | skeletal | H2 sub-mechanism from San Diego adapted for H2/O2 combustion |
| H2_9_42_0_SD | 2005 | skeletal | H2 sub-mechanism from San Diego adapted for H2/air combustion | |
| H2_iK_10_22_0_OD | 2020 | skeletal | H2/air mechanism with KOH inhibitor | |
| H2_iNA_10_22_0_OD | 2020 | skeletal | H2/air mechanism with NaOH inhibitor | |
| H2_pNOX_15_94_TC | 2022 | skeletal | H2/air mechanism with NOx pathways | |
CH4 (methane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| 1-step | ? | global | Involves 5 species and 1 single global reaction. Adiabatic temperatures are not well retrieved and it is better to use a two-step scheme when possible ! | |
| 2-step | ? | global | ||
| BFER | 2012 | global | Correctly predicts laminar flame speed for 300 K < T < 700 K, 1 atm < P < 12 atm and 0.6 < phi < 1.5. Involves 6 species for 2 global reactions and uses PEA formalism for fitting rich mixtures. | |
| CH4_17_73_LU CH4_13_73_4_LU |
Sankaran or Lu13 |
2007 | skeletal ARC |
Based on Gri-Mech 3.0, for lean methane/air. |
| CH4_30_184_LU CH4_19_184_11_LU |
Lu19 | 2008 | skeletal ARC |
Based on Gri-Mech 3.0, for methane/air. |
| CH4_pNOX_22_320_18_TJ | 2016 | ARC | From Gri-Mech 2.11, with NOx sub-mechanism, based on laminar premixed flames under atmospheric conditions, for furnaces. |
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| CH4_16_72_LU | Luca’s | 2018 | skeletal | From Gri-Mech 3.0 for lean premixed CH4/air combustion, validated for elevated temperatures (800K) and pressures up to 4 atm for various configurations. |
| CH4_62_756_SNA | ? | skeletal | ||
| CH4_25_398_19_SNA | 2020 | ARC | From POLIMI C1-C3, for atmospheric conditions, on 1D unstretched premixed flame. | |
| CH4_16_250_10_QC | Cazères16 | 2021 | ARC | From Gri-Mech 3.0, for auto-ignition and premixed flame at atmospheric pressure, example in ARCANE paper. |
| CH4_22_286_14_QC | Cazères22 | 2021 | ARC | From Gri-Mech 3.0, with NOx, for auto-ignition and premixed flame at atmospheric pressure, example in ARCANE paper. |
| CH4_24_148_AP CH4_15_256_9_AP |
2023 | skeletal ARC |
From POLIMI C1-C3, has been developed for a large variety of configurations and atmospheric conditions (pressure up to 5 atm). | |
| CH4O2_10_6_FR | Frassoldati | 2009 | global | For CH4/O2 flames, validated for adiabatic flame temperatures, counterflow diffusion flames, premixed flames. |
| CH4O2_17_82_CL CH4O2_10_82_7_CL |
2019 | skeletal ARC |
For CH4/O2 flames, from Gri-Mech 3.0, for conditions in paper. | |
| CH4H2_20_166_9_QC | 2020 | ARC | For CH4-H2 blends/air flames, from Gri-Mech 3.0, for conditions in the related publication. | |
C2H4 (ethylene) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| BFER | global | BFER fitted for P = 3 bar. | ||
| C2H4_32_206_LU | Lu skeletal C2H4 | 2012 | skeletal | Developed from USC mechanism. |
| C2H4_18_330_11_AF | 2016 | ARC | Based on Narayanaswamy mechanism, validated for P=3atm and atmospheric premixed flames. | |
| C2H4_28_271_14_LG | 2019 | ARC | Derived on Bisetti mechanism for P=3 bar and atmospheric temperature on unstrained laminar flames. | |
C2H6 (ethane) |
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| C2H6H2O_19_32_MZ | skeletal | Scheme developed for ethane cracking | ||
C3H8 (propane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| 2-step | global | This mechanism is valid for stoichiometric combustion, T ranging from 700K to 1000K, P ranging from 5 bars to 20 bars and EGR dilution rate up to 10 % (in mass). | ||
| C3H8_31_107_PE | Peters’ | skeletal | ref ? | |
| C3H8_34_173_FC C3H8_22_173_12_FC |
skeletal ARC |
From Jerzembeck mechanism, for atmospheric conditions. | ||
| C3H8_33_170_QM C3H8_21_170_12_QM |
skeletal ARC |
ref ? | ||
| C3H8_32_153_QM C3H8_21_153_11_QM |
skeletal ARC |
Malé paper + thesis | ||
| C3H8_30_114_QM C3H8_20_114_10_QM |
skeletal ARC |
ref ? | ||
| C3H8_35_164_QM C3H8_21_322_14_QM |
skeletal ARC |
Malé paper + thesis | ||
| C3H8_37_129_QM C3H8_23_256_14_QM |
skeletal ARC |
Malé paper + thesis | ||
| C3H8_30_142_MZ | skeletal | Scheme developed for propane cracking | ||
| C3H8_31_162_MZ | skeletal | Scheme developed for propane cracking | ||
C4H10 (butane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| C4H10_19_229_14_RC | ARC | Scheme developed for butane cracking | ||
| C4H10_24_505_12_QC | Cazères24 | ARC | From POLIMI C1-C16, on 0DP reactors, in ARCANE paper. | |
n-C7H16 (n-heptane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| NC7H16_53_221_FC NC7H16_25_210_27_FC |
2019 | skeletal ARC |
n-heptane mechanism at ambient conditions for n-heptane/air on laminar unstrained premixed flame. | |
| C7H16O2_35_90_JW C7H16O2_29_94_6_JW |
2021 | skeletal ARC |
n-heptane mechanism at ambient conditions developed for n-heptane/oxygen counterflow diffusion flame from high temperature Jerzembeck mechanism. | |
| NC7H16_pNOx_49_246_0_TN NC7H16_pNOx_29_456_20_TN |
2024 | skeletal ARC |
n-heptane mechanism at ambient conditions developed for n-heptane/air with NO prediction from Polimi scheme CRECK_2003_TOT_NOX. | |
i-C8H18 (iso-octane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| 2-step | Global | |||
| SPK_48_415_ICARE IC8H18_21_201_11_QM |
skeletal ARC |
Skeletal mechanism from ICARE, validated for 0.8 < phi < 1.4, 1 < P < 10, 298 < T < 473. ARC mechanism derived from ICARE scheme. |
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n-C10H22 (n-decane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| C10H22_42_255_PP C10H22_26_255_16_PP |
2017 | skeletal ARC |
n-decane with air combustion at atmospheric and higher pressure conditions | |
n-C12H26 (n-dodecane) |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| NC12H26_27_452_20_TJ | 2016 | ARC | n-dodecane from Jet-surf including NOx sub-mechanism from Luche derived on specific operating range (T=700 K and P=9 bar). |
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| NC12H26_25_373_27_TJ | 2016 | ARC | n-dodecane from Jet-surf derived on specific operating range and acetylene targeted in the reduction (T=730 K and P=10 bar). |
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| NC12H26_42_145_JW NC12H26_27_260_15_JW |
2020 | skeletal ARC |
n-dodecane with air combustion at atmospheric conditions | |
Kerosene surrogates |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| BFER | 2010 | global | Two-step mechanism with pea correction for Jet-A1 (Xn-C10H22=73.96%, Xn-PHC3H7=15.07% and XCYC9H18=10.97%) | |
| KERO_91_991_LU | Luche | 2003 | skeletal | Reduction of Dagaut’s mechanism on n-decane (n-C10H22), n-propylbenzene (n-PHC3H7) et n-propylcyclohexane (CYC9H18) |
| HYCHEM_27_268_12_AF | 2017 | ARC | Jet-A2 built using HYCHEM methodlogy (POSF10325). | |
| HYCHEM_29_518_17_AF | 2017 | ARC | Jet-A2 built using HYCHEM methodlogy (POSF10325) including NOx sub-mechanism of Luche. | |
| A1_52_326_QC A1_36_543_16_QC |
2021 | skeletal ARC |
Jet-A1 (Xn-C12H26=60%, XMCYC6=20% and XXYLENE=20%) with air combustion at atmospheric conditions, HT pathway. |
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| JetA_39_434_15_QC | 2021 | ARC | From POLIMI C1-C16, for Jet-A1 (Xn-C12H26=60%, XMCYC6=20% and XXYLENE=20%), HT pathway, in ARCANE paper. | |
| JetA_pPAH_29_233_15_LG | 2020 | ARC | Jet-A2 built using HYCHEM methodology (POSF10325) combined with Bisetti mechanism and reduced. | |
Alternative fuels surrogates |
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| Mechanism name | Nickname | Year | Type | Comments |
| B1_55_225_JW B1_31_394_24_JW |
2021 | skeletal ARC |
Alcohol-to-Jet (Xi-C12H26=84%, Xi-C8H18=8% and Xi-C16H34=8%) with air combustion at atmospheric conditions | |
| C1_68_265_QC C1_35_420_33_QC |
2021 | skeletal ARC |
High aromatic (XDECALIN=60%, XC10H7CH3=20% and Xi-IC12H26=20%) with air combustion at atmospheric conditions | |
| C1_64_305_JW C1_35_479_26_JW |
2022 | skeletal ARC |
High aromatic (XDECALIN=60%, XC10H7CH3=20% and Xi-C12H26=20%) with air combustion at atmospheric conditions |
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Sub-mechanisms
San Diego nitrogen (21 species and 40 reactions)
DLR OH* and CH* sub-mechanism (18 species, 28 reactions)