Comprehensive Kinetic Mechanisms for C1 Species Combustion

In the hierarchical development of kinetic mechanisms for large hydrocarbons, the reaction systems involving C1 species represent the next level of complexity beyond the thoroughly studied reactions of H2/O2 mixtures. Encompassing our recently updated H2/O2 mechanism (Li et al., Int. J. Chem. Kinet, submitted), we have revisited the CO/H2/O2, CH2O/O2, and CH3OH/O2 systems, considering recent kinetic and thermochemical results. The mechanisms were tested using new experimental targets as well as those employed in our earlier publications (e.g. Held and Dryer, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1998, 30, 805).