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Detailed mechanisms

Smaller hydrocarbon combustion

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

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

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

H2 (hydrogen)

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)

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.
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)

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)

C2H6H2O_19_32_MZ skeletal Scheme developed for ethane cracking

C3H8 (propane)

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)

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)

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.

i-C8H18 (iso-octane)

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.

n-C10H22 (n-decane)

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)

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).
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).
NC12H26_42_145_JW
NC12H26_27_260_15_JW
2020 skeletal
ARC
n-dodecane with air combustion at atmospheric conditions

Kerosene surrogates

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.
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

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

Sub-mechanisms

San Diego nitrogen (21 species and 40 reactions)

DLR OH* and CH* sub-mechanism (18 species, 28 reactions)

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