Thermochimica Acta, Vol.310, No.1-2, 173-178, 1998
Communication between calorimetric experiment and continuous data evaluation during the incomplete reaction run
The kinetic control of exothermic reactions plays an important role in chemical safety technology. Predictions of thermal explosions by runaway, e.g. redox reactions, poly reactions, and decompositions, are required in case of simple as well as of complex reactions. Activation parameters of chemical reactions are often stressed by systematic errors which are caused by failures in accuracy of measurement and calibration. The influence of systematic errors for some selected reactions has been investigated by the software package TA-kin. The coupling between continuous data evaluation software and the precision calorimeter ACTRON 5.0, including a safety scenario equipment, was established to test the validity of calculated runaway predictions under practical conditions. Measured data are applied for kinetic evaluations by nonlinear optimization methods in real time. In this way, the experimental investigations of reaction systems become possible beyond the point of no return without any danger for the laboratory.