Thermal explosion analysis of a strong exothermic chemical reaction with variable pre-exponential factor in a spherical vessel

Olanrewaju, P. O. (2010) Thermal explosion analysis of a strong exothermic chemical reaction with variable pre-exponential factor in a spherical vessel. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. ISSN 2153-649X (In Press)

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Abstract

This study is devoted to investigate the analysis of thermal explosion of a strong exothermic chemical reaction with variable pre-exponential factor in a spherical vessel. The steady state solutions for strong exothermic decomposition of a combustible material uniformly distributed in a heated spherical vessel under Bimolecular, Arrhenius and Sensitised reaction rates. Analytical solutions are constructed for the governing nonlinear boundary-value problem using perturbation technique together with a special type of Hermite-Padé approximants and important properties of the temperature field including bifurcations and thermal criticality are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Thermal explosion, Exothermic reaction, Spherical vessel, Variable pre-exponential factor, Hermite-Pade approximants
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics
Depositing User:	Dr Philip Oladapo Olanrewaju
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2011 11:18
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2011 21:13
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/286

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