Abstract:
A skeletal mechanism of inhibition and quenching of methane flames by addition of trimethyl phosphate was developed. It includes a mechanism of methane oxidation consisting of 19 elementary steps involving 15 species (including N$_2$), and four elementary reactions involving three phosphorus-containing species (PO$_2$, HOPO, and HOPO$_2$). The developed skeletal mechanism adequately predicts the burning velocity of flames with added inhibitor over a range of equivalence ratio of 0.7–1.4 and can be used to model fire suppression.
Keywords:methane combustion, inhibition, fire suppression, trimethyl phosphate, skeletal mechanism.