(583q) Application of Discrete Tangent Based Sensitivity Analysis to Computation of Reacting Flows

Reactors and flow processes involving chemical reactions are often governed by many operating parameters such as the inlet and exit flow rates, compositions, reaction mechanisms, rate constants, pressures, and temperatures.  In most systems many of these parameters influence the system in complicated and interconnected manner.  It often requires generating, gathering, and analyzing design data from a large number of simulations or experiments to determine and quantify the critical parameters that govern the performance and their range of influence.