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The plane premixed flame is considered in the limit of large activation energy for various chemical reactions. A full account of the one-reactant model is given, including its equivalence to a two-reactant model away from stoichiometry. The behaviour of the two-reactant model close to stoichiometry is then sketched. A brief discussion is given of more complex kinetic schemes, namely: the two-reactant model with dissociation of the product; sequential decomposition reactions; and the autocatalytic chain reaction introduced by Zeldovich. Emphasis throughout is on explaining the method of activation-energy asymptotics and what it offers in the computation of plane flames.
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Ludford, G.S.S. (1982). Activation-Energy Asymptotics of the Plane Premixed Flame. In: Peters, N., Warnatz, J. (eds) Numerical Methods in Laminar Flame Propagation. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, vol 6. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14006-1_2
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