Critical conditions of thermal explosion of a porous layer

The conditions and regimes of thermal ignition of a reactive porous layer are investigated under asymmetric conditions on its lateral surfaces and with an oxidizer supply to the layer by diffusion or filtration through the cold boundary. For a zero-order reaction, an analytical dependence of the critical value of the Frank-Kamenetskii parameter on the Zel’dovich parameter is obtained, which separates the regions of steady-state and unsteady regimes. A numerical analysis is made of the critical value of the Frank-Kamenetskii parameter on the Zel’dovich parameter, the Todes parameter, which determines the oxidizer consumption, and the parameter determining the oxidizer supply to the layer: the Lewis numbers or the filtration analog of the Peclet parameter.