Combustion Chemistry Modeling

Flow chart for the systematic optimization approach used in FFCM-2 development.

Foundational Fuel Chemistry Model Version 2.0 (FFCM-2) is a reaction model for the combustion of H₂, CO, CH₂O, and C_1-4 hydrocarbons. FFCM-2 is based on elementary reaction kinetics, and assimilates over 1000 sets of legacy combustion data dating back to the 1930’s. The model is optimized, uncertainty-minimized, and validated against fundamental combustion data over a wide range of thermodynamic conditions.