Optionally, a maximum flame temperature may be applied for the Eddy Dissipation model. The reaction rate is smoothly blended to zero when the specified upper temperature limit is approached. This is implemented by an additional bound added to the minimum condition in the EDM reaction rate:

(7–9)

where:

(7–10)

may be interpreted as a virtual concentration, which vanishes if the temperature is equal to the maximum flame temperature. is the specific heat capacity of the fluid mixture at constant pressure and is the reaction heat release per mole.