Abstract
Using the analysis of the experimental data on partial oxidation of methane as an example, we have shown that the chemical processes in the inert medium of a reciprocating flow reactor can be modeled with good accuracy by the standard kinetic scheme for homogeneous processes due to the fact that the gas flow in the region of combustion is described by two temperatures - the gas and framework temperatures. Such a modification of the chemical model requires neither changing the recognized mechanism of homogeneous chemistry nor correcting the volume heat transfer coefficient.