Study of the Radical Chain Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Oxidation for In Situ Combustion Process

Table 2

The values of the exponent in Semenov’s formula for acceleration rate of oxidation reaction at the initial stage of the process.

Heating rate, °C/min	The exponent in Semenov’s formula
	For the oxidation rate	For the oxidation acceleration
5	0.01760	0.017
10	0.01760	0.0193
15	0.01710	0.0178
20	0.01610	0.0162
35	0.01200	0.0131
40	0.01330	0.0117
50	0.01210	0.0126
60	0.01790	0.018
70	0.01690	0.0167
80	0.02000	0.02
Avg. value		0.0162 ± 0.0027