Research Article

Charged Species Concentration in Combusting Mixtures Using Equilibrium Chemistry

Table 4

Validation of equilibrium constant method with CEA code.

No.SpeciesMinimization of Gibbs Free Energy (CEA code)
Mole fractions
Equilibrium Constant method
Mole fractions

1O24.46 x 10−34.45 x 10−3

2CO21.05 x 10−11.06 x 10−1

3NO1.76 x 10−31.85 x 10−3

4H22.54 x 10−32.55 x 10−3

5NO+5.35 x 10−125.06 x 10−12

6OH-3.91 x 10−133.83 x 10−13

7O-1.05 x 10−141.14 x 10−14