The method of phase trajectories in nonstationary thermal explosion theory

Abstract

It is shown that consideration of the heating rate-temperature dependence, an analysis of self-heating for first-order exothermic reactions, and strict inclusion of kinetic deceleration puts forward fresh ideas about the diversity of reaction regimes on the Todes criterion-Semenov criterion parameter plane. From this point of view, classic Semenov theory is a particular case of the projection of two-dimensional regions onto the direction of Semenov criterion changes. An analysis of the mutual arrangement of reaction region boundaries with different kinetics and the shape of the representation point movement trajectory when the initial temperature of the system changed allowed us to determine the thermal explosion degeneration region, transition region, and regions of possible explosive reaction modes.