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A sixteen-species skeletal methane combustion mechanism (reduced GRI-Mech 3.0) in a constant-pressure 0-D reactor. SolvSRK leads clean accuracy; under noise it holds parity with the surviving SciPy arms.
GRI-Mech 3.0 (Smith et al.); Lu & Law (2005)
Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.
def _ch4_mean_mw(Y):
Y_N2 = max(1.0 - np.sum(Y), 0.0)
inv_W = np.sum(Y / _CH4_MW) + Y_N2 / _MW["N2"]
return 1.0 / max(inv_W, 1e-30)
def ch4_combustion_16sp_rhs(t, y):
T = max(y[0], 200.0)
Y = np.maximum(y[1:], 0.0)
W_mix = _ch4_mean_mw(Y)
rho = _P_ATM * W_mix / (_R_U * T) * 1e-3
rho_cgs = rho * 1e-3
ns = len(_CH4_SPECIES)
C = np.empty(ns)
for i in range(ns):
C[i] = max(rho_cgs * Y[i] / _CH4_MW[i], 0.0)
C_N2 = max(rho_cgs * max(1.0 - np.sum(Y), 0.0) / _MW["N2"], 0.0)
C_M = np.sum(C) + C_N2
inv_T = 1.0 / T
ix = _CH4_IDX
# H2/O2 sub-mechanism (R1-R6)
k1 = 3.52e16 * T**(-0.7) * np.exp(-17070.0 * inv_T)
k2 = 5.06e4 * T**2.67 * np.exp(-6290.0 * inv_T)
k3 = 2.65e19 * T**(-1.3)
k4 = 1.17e9 * T**1.3 * np.exp(-3626.0 * inv_T)
k5 = 4.20e14 * np.exp(-12000.0 * inv_T)
k6 = 2.95e14 * np.exp(-24370.0 * inv_T)
r1 = k1 * C[ix["H"]] * C[ix["O2"]]
r2 = k2 * C[ix["O"]] * C[ix["H2"]]
r3 = k3 * C[ix["H"]] * C[ix["O2"]] * C_M
r4 = k4 * C[ix["OH"]] * C[ix["H2"]]
r5 = k5 * C[ix["HO2"]] * C[ix["HO2"]]
r6 = k6 * C[ix["H2O2"]] * C_M
# CH4 sub-mechanism (R7-R11)
k7 = 1.00e8 * T**1.6 * np.exp(-3120.0 * inv_T)
k8 = 3.3e11 * np.exp(-8940.0 * inv_T)
k9 = 3.43e9 * T**1.18 * np.exp(-447.0 * inv_T)
k10 = 1.87e17 * T**(-1.0) * np.exp(-17000.0 * inv_T)
k11 = 4.40e6 * T**1.5 * np.exp(-740.0 * inv_T)
r7 = k7 * C[ix["CH4"]] * C[ix["OH"]] # CH4 + OH -> CH3 + H2O
r8 = k8 * C[ix["CH3"]] * C[ix["O2"]] # CH3 + O2 -> CH2O + OH
r9 = k9 * C[ix["CH2O"]] * C[ix["OH"]] # CH2O + OH -> HCO + H2O
r10 = k10 * C[ix["HCO"]] * C_M # HCO + M -> CO + H + M
r11 = k11 * C[ix["CO"]] * C[ix["OH"]] # CO + OH -> CO2 + H
omega = np.zeros(ns)
# H2/O2 contributions
omega[ix["H2"]] += -r2 - r4
omega[ix["O2"]] += -r1 - r3 + r5 - r8
omega[ix["H2O"]] += r4 + r7 + r9
omega[ix["H"]] += -r1 - r3 + r2 + r4 + r10
omega[ix["O"]] += r1 - r2
omega[ix["OH"]] += r1 + r2 - r4 + 2.0 * r6 - r7 + r8 - r9 - r11
omega[ix["HO2"]] += r3 - 2.0 * r5
omega[ix["H2O2"]] += r5 - r6
# CH4 chain contributions
omega[ix["CH4"]] += -r7
omega[ix["CH3"]] += r7 - r8
omega[ix["CH2O"]] += r8 - r9
omega[ix["HCO"]] += r9 - r10
omega[ix["CO"]] += r10 - r11
omega[ix["CO2"]] += r11
omega_si = omega * 1e6
dy = np.empty(16)
for i in range(ns):
dy[i + 1] = (_CH4_MW[i] * 1e-3) * omega_si[i] / max(rho, 1e-30)
q_dot = np.dot(_CH4_HF, omega_si)
dy[0] = -q_dot / max(rho * _CP, 1e-30)
return dyCanonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.
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Clean best: SolvSRK
Noisy best: parity (SolvSRK ≈ SciPy)
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14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels
Ranked on survival, precision, and speed
20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: CH₄ combustion (16-species reduced GRI) (ch4_combustion_16sp)
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Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.
Noise level
| # | Solver | Survival | SCD | nfev | Wall | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SolvSRK | 100% | 11.7 | 142 | 24 ms | 0.897 |
| 2 | SciPy LSODASciPy | 100% | 9.9 | 186 | 7 ms | 0.854 |
| 3 | SciPy BDFSciPy | 100% | 9.3 | 300 | 16 ms | 0.842 |
| 4 | SciPy RadauSciPy | 100% | 8.3 | 298 | 15 ms | 0.816 |
| 5 | CVODE BDFexternal | 100% | 7.1 | 53 | 8 ms | 0.789 |
| 6 | CVODE Adamsexternal | 100% | 7.1 | 53 | 8 ms | 0.789 |
| 7 | SciPy DOP853SciPy | 100% | 6.7 | 302 | 12 ms | 0.778 |
| 8 | SciPy RK45SciPy | 100% | 6.3 | 104 | 4 ms | 0.769 |
| 9 | SciPy RK23SciPy | 100% | 6.0 | 62 | 3 ms | 0.763 |
| 10 | Tsit5external | 100% | 5.2 | 174 | 701 ms | 0.742 |
At Clean, best balanced arm is SolvSRK.
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@misc{resonix_evidence_ch4_combustion_16sp_2026,
title = {Resonix Evidence Portal: CH₄ combustion (16-species reduced GRI)},
author = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/ch4_combustion_16sp}},
note = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels
Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology
Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified · Verification status