General features of high-temperature hydrocarbon combustion

General features of high-temperature hydrocarbon combustion 

High-temperature hydrocarbon combustion is a complicated chemical process. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern some features common to all fuels. To discuss them, it is convenient to separate the treatment of radical-poor and radical-rich situations. The former are characteristic of ignition processes, studied in the laboratory mainly by shock-wave initiation, while the latter are found in fully developed flames, studied in the laboratory in burner-stabilized flames. The elementary reactions important in these two situations are in part the same, but in part different. 

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