Shock tube reactor

The shock tube reactor model is a 0-D transient reactor. This ideal reactor model is normally used to reproduce the shock tube experiments for chemical kinetics researches. The incident shock model predicts species profiles behind the incident shock front which can be used to compare against corresponding experimental data. Similarly, the reflected shock model complements the experiments for kinetics researches at the high temperature conditions behind a reflected shock front.

The examples will show the procedures of setting up an incident shock (with boundary layer correction) simulation and a Zeldovich-von Neumann-Deoring (ZND) analysis of a combustible gas mixture.

Perform ZND analysis of a combustible hydrogen mixture

Perform ZND analysis of a combustible hydrogen mixture

Nitric oxide formation in air heated by an incident shock wave

Nitric oxide formation in air heated by an incident shock wave

Dissociation of nitrous oxide behind a reflected shock wave

Dissociation of nitrous oxide behind a reflected shock wave