Effect of chemically active additives on the detonation wave velocity and detonation limit in rich mixtures

On the basis of the Zel'dovich-von Neumann-Doering detonation theory with allowance for heat losses, as well as the theory of chain processes through, the example of the oxidation of hydrogen-rich mixtures in the presence of an inhibitor, it is shown that taking into account inhibition reactions and the trimolecular chain termination has the consequence that there are not only heat losses but also "chemical" losses. It is demonstrated that the presence of only "chemical" losses alone can ensure that there is a concentration limit of detonation and that the combustion wave near the limit is supersonic. Theoretical estimates agree qualitatively with the experimental data on the inhibition of a developed detonation wave in H-2-air mixtures with additives of a propane-butane mixture (0.5-4%) at a pressure of 1 atm.