?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Effect+of+Formal+Mechanism+Reduction+on+Simulated+Propane+Autoignition+and+a+Quantitative+Assessment+of+the+Impact+of+Uncertainties+in+Parameter+Values&rft.creator=Battin-Leclerc%2C+Frederique&rft.creator=Buda%2C+Frederic&rft.creator=Fairweather%2C+Michael&rft.creator=Glaude%2C+Pierre-Alexandre&rft.creator=Griffiths%2C+John&rft.creator=Hughes%2C+Kevin&rft.creator=Porter%2C+Richard&rft.creator=Tomlin%2C+Alison&rft.description=Numerical+simulations+of+a+comprehensive+propane%2Foxygen+model+are+used+to+demonstrate+the+ranges+of+behaviour%0D%0Asuch+as+oscillatory+cool+flames+and+multiple+stage+ignitions+found+in+a+closed+vessel.+The+model+is+evaluated+by+a%0D%0Aconstruction+of+the+closed+vessel+pressure+%E2%80%93+ambient+temperature+(p-Ta)+ignition+diagram+and+comparing+it+with%0D%0Aexperimental+results.+The+model+is+then+formally+reduced+using+the+techniques+of+sensitivity%2C+rate+of+production+and%0D%0Aprincipal+component+analyses.+A+reduced+chemical+mechanism+is+produced+which+retains+the+main+types+of+dynamic%0D%0Abehaviour+exhibited+by+the+full+model+as+well+as+their+position+within+the+p-Ta+diagram.+Global+uncertainty+analysis%0D%0Amethods+are+used+to+establish+the+main+contributors+to+uncertainties+in+output+predictions.+Results+from+application%0D%0Aof+a+Monte+Carlo+uncertainty+analysis+are+reported+here.&rft.publisher=European+Combustion+Meeting+(ECM)&rft.date=2005-04-03&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+European+Combustion+Meeting+2005.++++European+Combustion+Meeting+(ECM)%3A+Louvain+la+Neuve%2C+Belgium.+(2005)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10183584%2F1%2FThe_Effect_of_Formal_Mechanism_Reduction_on_Simula.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10183584%2F&rft.rights=open