rmgpy.kinetics.ThirdBody

class rmgpy.kinetics.ThirdBody(arrheniusLow=None, Tmin=None, Tmax=None, Pmin=None, Pmax=None, efficiencies=None, comment='')

A kinetic model of a phenomenological rate coefficient \(k(T, P)\) using third-body kinetics. The attributes are:

Attribute	Description
arrheniusLow	The Arrhenius kinetics at the low-pressure limit
Tmin	The minimum temperature at which the model is valid, or zero if unknown or undefined
Tmax	The maximum temperature at which the model is valid, or zero if unknown or undefined
Pmin	The minimum pressure at which the model is valid, or zero if unknown or undefined
Pmax	The maximum pressure at which the model is valid, or zero if unknown or undefined
efficiencies	A dict associating chemical species with associated efficiencies
comment	Information about the model (e.g. its source)

Third-body kinetics simply introduce an inert third body to the rate expression:

\[k(T,P) = k_0(T) [\mathrm{M}]\]

Above, \([\mathrm{M}] \approx P/RT\) is the concentration of the bath gas. This formulation is equivalent to stating that the kinetics are always in the low-pressure limit.

Pmax

The maximum pressure at which the model is valid, or None if not defined.

Pmin

The minimum pressure at which the model is valid, or None if not defined.

Tmax

The maximum temperature at which the model is valid, or None if not defined.

Tmin

The minimum temperature at which the model is valid, or None if not defined.

arrheniusLow

rmgpy.kinetics.arrhenius.Arrhenius

Type:

arrheniusLow

change_rate(self, double factor)

Changes kinetics rate by a multiple factor.

comment

unicode

Type:

comment

discrepancy(self, KineticsModel other_kinetics) → double

Returns some measure of the discrepancy based on two different reaction models.

efficiencies

dict

Type:

efficiencies

get_cantera_efficiencies(self, species_list)

Returns a dictionary containing the collider efficiencies for this PDepKineticsModel object suitable for setting the efficiencies in the following cantera reaction objects: ThreeBodyReaction, FalloffReaction,`ChemicallyActivatedReaction`

get_effective_collider_efficiencies(self, list species) → ndarray

Return the effective collider efficiencies for all species in the form of a numpy array. This function helps assist rapid effective pressure calculations in the solver.

get_effective_pressure(self, double P, list species, ndarray fractions) → double

Return the effective pressure in Pa for a system at a given pressure P in Pa composed of the given list of species (Species or Molecule objects) with the given fractions.

get_rate_coefficient(self, double T, double P=0.0) → double

Return the value of the rate coefficient \(k(T)\) in units of m^3, mol, and s at the specified temperature T in K and pressure P in Pa. If you wish to consider collision efficiencies, then you should first use get_effective_pressure() to compute the effective pressure, and pass that value as the pressure to this method.

highPlimit

rmgpy.kinetics.model.KineticsModel

Type:

highPlimit

is_identical_to(self, KineticsModel other_kinetics) → bool

Checks to see if kinetics matches that of other kinetics and returns True if coeffs, kunits, Tmin,

is_pressure_dependent(self) → bool

Return True since all objects derived from PDepKineticsModel represent pressure-dependent kinetics.

is_pressure_valid(self, double P) → bool

Return True if the pressure P in Pa is within the valid pressure range of the kinetic data, or False if not. If the minimum and maximum pressure are not defined, True is returned.

is_similar_to(self, KineticsModel other_kinetics) → bool

Returns True if rates of reaction at temperatures 500,1000,1500,2000 K and 1 and 10 bar are within +/ .5 for log(k), in other words, within a factor of 3.

is_temperature_valid(self, double T) → bool

Return True if the temperature T in K is within the valid temperature range of the kinetic data, or False if not. If the minimum and maximum temperature are not defined, True is returned.

set_cantera_kinetics(self, ct_reaction, species_list)

Sets the kinetics and efficiencies for a cantera ThreeBodyReaction object

to_html(self)

Return an HTML rendering.

uncertainty

rmgpy.kinetics.uncertainties.RateUncertainty

Type:

uncertainty