From: Alexander Konnov <Alexander.Konnov@forbrf.lth.se>
To: Alexander Konnov <akonnov@vub.ac.be>
Date: Apr 24, 2009
Subject: citation of the Konnov mechanism

Dear colleagues,
 
My work at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will come to the end very soon. This has serious implications for citation of my kinetic mechanism, which was usually cited as:
 
KONNOV, A.A. Detailed reaction mechanism for small hydrocarbons combustion. Release 0.5 http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~akonnov/, 2000. 

This web-site will eventually DISAPPEAR and therefore I kindly ask you to cite Release 0.5 of my mechanism as:

KONNOV, A.A. Detailed reaction mechanism for small hydrocarbons combustion. Release 0.5, (2000), available as Electronic Supplementary Material to: 
COPPENS, F.H.V., DE RUYCK, J. KONNOV, A.A., The Effects of Composition on the Burning Velocity and Nitric Oxide Formation in Laminar Premixed Flames of CH4 + H2 + O2 + N2. Combust. Flame, 149: 409-417 (2007) 

If you use and want to cite H/O sub-mechanism or H/N/O sub-mechanism from the Release 0.5 of my mechanism, please refer to:

KONNOV, A.A., and DE RUYCK, J. A Possible New Route for NO Formation via N2H3. Combustion Science and Technology. 168: 1-46 (2001). 

The latest (and much improved) H/O mechanism was published in:

KONNOV, A.A. Remaining Uncertainties in the Kinetic Mechanism of Hydrogen Combustion. Combust. Flame 152 (4): 507-528 (2008)

Updated Release 0.6 of my mechanism includes NCN chemistry and should be cited as:

KONNOV, A.A. Implementation of the NCN pathway of prompt-NO formation in the detailed reaction mechanism. Combustion and Flame, DOI 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.03.016
 
Please feel free to ask me for further information about this mechanism.
 
Best regards, Alexander Konnov
 

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