Reaction Kinetics

Reaction Kinetics & Chemical Reaction Models
The fundamentals of chemical reaction kinetics will be presented with the purpose of building, starting with elementary reactions, complex mechanisms. These mechanisms consisting of many elementary reactions can be used with existing software (discussed later) to make predictions on the performance of chemical reactors with special consideration to the formation of trace species. The focus will be on homogeneous processes taking place in the gas phase. The majority of the material presented in this manuscript is based on the author’s own research (Gargurevich, 1997). "