Ranking of steps

In Table 3.5 the rank of steps determined by the value method and the methods based on sensitivity analysis is presented. Additionally the base mechanism containing 13 steps, sorted out in [28, 56] is presented also. 

Thus, it may be eoncluded that the offered value method makes it possible to calculate explosion limits and eritical parameters irrespective of the complexity of the mechanism of the branching-chain reaction. Simultaneously, by means of value ranking of steps it becomes possible to interpret in chemical terms the critical state of a reaction system. 

Value ranking of steps enables also to solve the problem of the excessive mechanism reduction for the ethylbenzene oxidation inhibited by BHT, and, as a result, a base (minimal) reaction mechanism is identified. 

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