Process parameters ignition delay time

The parameter regimes in a detonation are similar to those in shock tubes, so the most important test of this type of mechanism is its ability to reproduce shock tube ignition data. One example of this validation process compared computed ignition delay times (2) with experimental results of Burcat et al. 

The versatility of this behavior witnesses about a large potential for such dynamic information processing. By using one parameter (time delay), one is able to ignite very different cells in the reactor. The chemical wave coming to a cell may trigger a cascade of other processes. 

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