MODELLING OF CONVECTIVE HEAT EXPLOSION

摘要

A strong temperature dependence of the reaction rate can result, for an exothermic chemical reaction, in heat explosion. In this work we study numerically the influence of natural convection on heat explosion. The model consists of the reaction-diffusion equation coupled with the Navier-Stokes equations under the Boussinesq approximation. A new type of heat explosion, the oscillating heat explosion is found. Critical conditions of explosion and complex nonlinear dynamics of the reaction-diffusion-convection problem are studied.