%0 Journal Article
%A Tomeczek, Jerzy
%A Gradon, Boguslaw
%D 2004
%I Begell House
%N 3
%P 13
%R 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.v5.i3.80
%T A NEW ROUTE OF HCN FORMATION VIA N2O IN GASEOUS HYDROCARBON FLAMES
%U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6d18a859536a7b02,0f0a85106c5d34c3,3ebaeb2d746a8818.html
%V 5
%X The formation of HCN in flames via N2O reactions with CHi radicals proposed by Gradon (2001) and elaborated later (Tomeczek and Gradon, 2003) into a form of elementary step reactions is tested for rich and lean gaseous premixed CH4/air flames. The new route to HCN is thermodynamically more probable than the Fenimore direct reactions of N2 with CHi radicals. To meet the observed NO formation rates, a set of six reactions is proposed:
N2O + CH3 ⇔ CH2NH + NO,
N2O + CH3 ⇔ CH3O + N2,
CH2NH + H ⇔ H2CN + H2,
CH2NH + O ⇔ H2CN + OH,
H2CN + H ⇔ HCN + H2,
H2CN + O ⇔ HCN + OH.