Recommendations

The temperature and pressure range of the validation study was 1300-2100 K and 1.7-13 atm. The equivalence ratio was 0.2-5.0, and the dilution was about 50-90%. The [Frenklach et al. (1995)] mechanism performed best under these conditions. More data are needed at higher temperatures and pressures, and with other dilution (i.e. N₂). Note that highly dilute methane- oxygen mixtures are difficult to ignite and have very long induction times that may be difficult to model.