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kcal/mol for char #2 and 7.0 kcal/mol for char #4) compared well with the value (10.1<br />

kcal/mol) observed for graphite flakes (Ranish and Walker, 1993). The values of E 0 (28.1<br />

kcal/mol for char #2 and 32.1 kcal/mol for char #4) compared well with the value (27.7<br />

kcal/mol) observed for the rough sphere combustion data (Banin et al., 1997). For both<br />

char #2 and char #4, the Langmuir rate equations reduced to zero-th order rate equation at<br />

high temperatures (e.g., at a gas temperature of 1900 K), consistent with the observations<br />

in modeling the data by Monson (1992) and those by Mathias (1996). At a gas<br />

temperature of 1743 K (corresponding to a particle temperature of 1672 K for char #2<br />

and 1676 K for char #4), the observed reaction order (n obs) was about 0.6, implying an<br />

intrinsic order (m obs) of about 0.2 (see Chapter 5).<br />

Table 7.8. Parameters Used in Modeling the TGA and FFB Data (This Study)<br />

For Condition #2 (methane fuel-lean, with 8% post-flame oxygen)<br />

A1p = 2.34 × 10 6 mol/cm 3 /sec/atm E1p = 36.6 kcal/mol<br />

Ap = 9.11 × 10 2 atm -1<br />

Ep = 8.50 kcal/mol<br />

(A0 = A1p/Ap = 2.57 × 10 3 mol/cm 3 /sec E0 = E1p – Ep = 28.1 kcal/mol)<br />

Macro-porosity M = 0.3 (Assumed)<br />

Macro-pore radius rp1 = 22 Å (Calculated from Eq. 7.15)<br />

For Condition #4 (CO fuel-lean, with 9.6% post-flame oxygen)<br />

A1p = 2.44 × 10 6 mol/cm 3 /sec/atm E1p = 39.1 kcal/mol<br />

Ap = 3.64 × 10 2 atm -1<br />

Ep = 7.0 kcal/mol<br />

(A0 = A1p/Ap = 6.70 × 10 3 mol/cm 3 /sec E0 = E1p – Ep = 32.1 kcal/mol)<br />

Macro-porosity M = 0.3 (Assumed)<br />

Macro-pore radius rp1 = 33 Å (Calculated from Eq. 7.15)<br />

The HP-CBK model unified the TGA reactivity and the high temperature<br />

reactivity, and quantitatively explained the reaction orders (m obs = 0.7 at 823 K and<br />

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