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Brokaw, R. S.

Publications and source records attributed to Brokaw, R. S..

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NASA NTRS1985

Shock tube measurements of growth constants in the branched-chain ethane-carbon monoxide-oxygen system

Exponential free radical growth constants have been measured for ethane carbon monoxide oxygen mixtures by monitoring the growth of oxygen atom concentration as manifested by CO flame band emission. Data were obtained over the temperature range of 1200 to 1700 K. The data were analyzed using an ethane oxidation mechanism involving seven elementary reaction steps. Calculated growth constants were close to experimental values at lower temperatures, up to about 1400 K, but at higher temperatures computed growth constants were considerably smaller than experiment. In attempts to explain these results additional branching reactions were added to the mechanism. However, these additional reactions did not appreciably change calculated growth constants.

Brokaw, R. S.↗
NASA NTRS1982

Shock tube measurements of growth constants in the branched chain formaldehyde-carbon monoxide-oxygen system

Exponential free radical growth constants were measured for formaldehyde carbon monoxide-oxygen systems by monitoring the growth of oxygen atom concentration as manifested by CO flame band emission. Data were obtained over the temperature range of 1200 to 2000 K. The data were analyzed using a formaldehyde oxidation mechanism involving 12 elementary reaction steps. The computed growth constants are roughly in accord with experimental values, but are much more temperature dependent. The data was also analyzed assuming formaldehyde is rapidly decomposed to carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Growth constants computed for the resulting carbon monoxide hydrogen oxygen mixtures have a temperature dependence similar to experiments; however, for most mixtures, the computed growth constants were larger than experimental values.

Brabbs, T. A.↗
NASA NTRS1975

Shock tube measurements of specific reaction rates in the branched chain CH4-CO-O2 system

Growth constants, obtained by measuring the blue CO flame band emission behind incident shock waves, were obtained for two elementary bimolecular reactions involved in the oxidation of methane. Gas mixtures containing small amounts of CH4 with varying amounts of CO, O2, and in one case CO2, diluted with argon, were investigated, and exponential growth constants were derived from plots of the logarithm of observed light intensity versus gas time. The rate constant for the reaction O + CH4 yields CH3 + OH was found to be 1.9 times 10 to the 14th exp(-5900/T) cu cm per mole per sec in the range 1300-2000 K; for the reaction CH3 + O2 yields CH3O + O, the rate constant was determined to be 2.4 times 10 to the 13th exp(-14,500/T) cu cm per mole per sec in the range 1200 to 1900 K.

Brabbs, T. A.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Shock tube measurements of specific reaction rates in the branched chain CH4-CO-O2 system

Rate constants of two elementary bimolecular reactions involved in the oxidation of methane have been determined by monitoring the exponential growth of CO flame band emission behind incident shocks in three suitably chosen gas mixtures. The data do not support a mechanism which invokes the four center process CH3 + O2 yields CH2O + OH for the reaction of methyl with oxygen.

Brabbs, T. A.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Rate of reaction between molecular hydrogen and molecular oxygen

The shock tube data of Jachimowski and Houghton were rigorously analyzed to obtain rate constants for the candidate initiation reactions H2 + O2 yields H + HO2, H2 + O2 yields H2O + O, and H2 + O2 yields OH + OH. Reaction (01) is probably not the initiation process because the activation energy obtained is less than the endothermicity and because the derived rates greatly exceed values inferred in the literature from the reverse of reaction (01). Reactions (02) and (03) remain as possibilities, with reaction (02) slightly favored on the basis of steric and statistical considerations. The solution of the differential equations is presented in detail to show how the kinetics of other ignition systems may be solved.

Brokaw, R. S.↗
NASA NTRS1972

Carbon monoxide oxidation rates computed for automobile thermal reactor conditions

Carbon monoxide oxidation rates in thermal reactors for exhaust manifolds are computed by integrating differential equations for system of twenty-nine reversible chemical reactions. Reactors are noncatalytic replacements for conventional exhaust manifolds and are a system for reducing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in automobile exhausts.

Brokaw, R. S.↗
NASA NTRS1970

Simple method for predicting viscosity of gas mixtures

Method is derived from the Chapman-enskog theory which describes viscosities at low-to-moderate pressures. Mixtures of nonpolar gases require the viscosities and molecular weights of the constituents in addition to the mixture composition. Dipole moments, boiling points and liquid boiling point densities are also needed with polar gases.

Brokaw, R. S.↗
NASA NTRS1969

Predicting transport properties of dilute gases.

Viscosity, thermal conductivity and diffusion predicted for dilute nonpolar, polar and mixed gases, discussing methods for rotational relaxation collision numbers and resonant correction

Brokaw, R. S.↗
NASA NTRS1968

Viscosity of gas mixtures

Approximate methods for predicting viscosities of gas mixtures involving both polar and nonpolar gases

Brokaw, R. S.↗