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Module 4:
Multicomponent Transport
Lecture 36:
Solving the Multi-component Flux
Equations
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Ci
+ .( vCi ) = .Fi
t
(3.7.35)
Fi = Dij C j
(3.7.36)
j =1
C
+ .( vC) = .F
t
F = D C
(3.7.37)
(3.7.38)
Where C is the vector of species concentrations and D is the multicomponent diffusion matrix
These are subject to
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Initial Conditions :
C ( x, y , z , t = 0) = C0
(3.7.39)
C ( B , t ) = 0
(3.7.40)
C
(b , t ) = 0
Z
(3.7.41)
Boundary Conditions :
1 0 0
0
0
2
1
t . D. t = =
0 0 3
....
....
....
....
(3.7.42)
1
Here t is the inverse of t , and is the diagonal matrix of the eigenvalues of matrix D .
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t11
t =
t21
D12
D22 1
22
2
1
t12 D12
t22
det( t )
C = t .
(3.7.43)
+ .v = 2
t
(3.7.44)
i
+ .v i = i 2 i
t
(3.7.45)
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Note: We have assumed that D (hence both t and ) are not functions of composition.
Eqs. (3.7.39) (3.7.41) can also be written in terms of .
( x, y, z , t = 0) = 0 = t 1. C0
(3.7.46)
( B, t ) = 0
(3.7.47)
(b, t ) = 0
(3.7.48)
This way, a set of coupled PDEs has been reduced to a set of uncoupled PDEs in terms of .
Eqs. (3.7.45) (3.7.48) are of the same form as the associated binary diffusion problem.
C1
+ .v C1 = D 2C1
t
If this binary problem has the solution
C1 = G ( D) C10
Then eqs. (3.7.45) (3.7.48) have the solution
i = G ( i ) i 0
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Where the eigenvalue i is substituted everywhere that the diffusivity occurring in the binary solution. In
terms of the actual concentration,
C = t .G ( ). t 1. C0
(3.7.49)
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