combustion Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combust ...

, Zel'dovich–Liñán model is a two-step reaction model for the combustion processes, named after

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ( be, Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч, russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Bel ...

and

Amable Liñán Amable Liñán Martínez (born Noceda de Cabrera, Castrillo de Cabrera, León, Spain in 1934) is a Spanish aeronautical engineer considered a world authority in the field of combustion. Biography He holds a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering f ...

. The model includes a chain-branching and a chain-breaking (or radical recombination) reaction. The model was first introduced by Zel'dovich in 1948 and later analysed by

Liñán Liñán () is a Spanish surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Álvaro de Maldonado y de Liñán (1890–1963), Spanish diplomat * Amable Liñán (born 1934), Spanish engineer * Emilio Sagi Liñán (1900-1951), Spanish footballer * ...

using

activation energy asymptotics Activation energy asymptotics (AEA), also known as large activation energy asymptotics, is an asymptotic analysis used in the combustion field utilizing the fact that the reaction rate is extremely sensitive to temperature changes due to the large ...

in 1971. The mechanism reads as :

\begin
\rm + \rm &\rightarrow 2\rm \\
\rm + \rm + \rm &\rightarrow 2\rm +\rm
\end

where

\rm

is the

fuel A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy bu ...

\rm

is an intermediate

radical Radical may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics * Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change *Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe an ...

\rm

is the third body and

\rm

is the product. The first reaction is the chain-branching reaction, which is considered to be auto-catalytic (consumes no heat or releases no heat), with very large

activation energy In chemistry and physics, activation energy is the minimum amount of energy that must be provided for compounds to result in a chemical reaction. The activation energy (''E''a) of a reaction is measured in joules per mole (J/mol), kilojoules p ...

and the second reaction is the chain-breaking (or radical-recombination) reaction, where all of the heat in the combustion is released, with almost negligible

.Dold, J., Daou, J., & Weber, R. (2004). Reactive-diffusive stability of premixed flames with modified Zeldovich-Linán kinetics. Simplicity, Rigor and Relevance in Fluid Mechanics, 47-60.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeldovich-Linan model Chemical kinetics Combustion Reaction mechanisms Chemical reactions

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