Interrelationship of the baric index for the normal burning velocity of gas–air mixtures and the kinetics of trimolecular reactions in a flame front

Through numerical simulation of flame propagation through a methane- and hydrogen-air mixture, with consideration given to the transfer and chemical reactions, we have investigated the relationship between the kinetics of trimolecular reactions and the baric index of the normal burning velocity. It has been demonstrated that the lower the constants of the trimolecular reaction rates, the higher the magnitude of the baric index. In the case of methane the baric index, although it grows, it nevertheless remains negative, while in the case of hydrogen this index changes sign.