| Abstract: | A detailed shock-tube investigation of the ignition in H2 + Cl2 + Ar mixtures in a shock tube is presented, and the mechanism of the reaction is discussed. Ignition delay times were determined from pressure and heat flux measurements behind reflected shock waves. The induction times measured ranged between 35 and 2100 μsec over the temperature range of 830–1260°K. The experimental results of close to seventy tests can be correlated by the relationship  where the concentrations are expressed in mole/cm3. The above relationship served as a basis for a computer modeling of the ignition delay times. Ten calculations, simulating typical laboratory experiments, were run by the computer for each reaction scheme and the obtained temperature and composition dependence of the induction times were compared with the ones observed experimentally. A reaction scheme based on a simple exothermal chain propagation could not reproduce the experimental relationship. When the energy branching reaction HCl*(ν) + Cl2 → (HCl3) → HCl + Cl + Cl was added to the reaction scheme, a much better agreement with the experiment was obtained. It is believed that the above reaction does take place and that it is the main supplier of atoms to the system. |
