Bosanquet

Chemical Reactor Design Toolbox Reference Manual

ChemReactorDesign.Basic.Gas.Transport.Bosanquet

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Description

The component generates the diffusional fluxes for combined molecular and Knudsen diffusion according to Bosanquet (Frerich Keil, 1999) due to partial pressure gradients.

\begin{equation*}
J_{i} = - \frac{D_{eff_{i}}}{R \, T} \, \frac{dp_{i}}{dz}
\quad \text{for} \quad i=1,\dots,N
\end{equation*}

with

\begin{equation*}
D_{eff_{i}} = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{D_{m_{i}}}+\frac{1}{D_{k_{i}}}}
\quad \text{for} \quad i=1,\dots,N
\end{equation*}

Then the molar flow rates become

\begin{equation*}
F_{i} = A \, J_{i}
\end{equation*}

The energy flow rate is determined as

\begin{equation*}
\Phi = \sum_{i}^{N} F_{i} \, \left({\overline H}_{i}(T)\right)_{averaged} +
F_{tot} \, \Big(H_{res}(T,p)\Big)_{averaged}
\end{equation*}

with

\begin{equation*}
F_{tot} = \sum_{i}^{N} F_{i}
\end{equation*}

The positive direction for the fluxes is from port A to port B.

Ports

Conserving

  • Gas conserving port

    Port_A = Gas;  %
    
  • Gas conserving port

    Port_B = Gas;  %
    

Input

  • Physical signal that controls the cross sectional area

    Ain = {0,'m^2'}; 
    

    Dependencies: The port is only visible when the option areaInput is set to On.

Parameters

Options

  • Option to select area input

    areaInput = OnOff.Off;
    

    Off | On

Geometry

  • Cross sectional area

    A0 = {1,'m^2'};
    

    Dependencies: The parameter is only visible when the option areaInput is set to Off.

  • Transport distance

    delta  = {1.0e-03,'m'};
    

Mass Transport

  • Knudsen diffusion coefficients

    Dk = {1.0e-06*ones(2,1),'m^2/s'};
    

    Note Initially only two species are considered. As the number of species can be changed via the properties dialogue, the size of the array must be adjusted accordingly.

  • Molecular mixture diffusion coefficients

    Dm = {1.0e-06*ones(2,1),'m^2/s'};
    

    Note Initially only two species are considered. As the number of species can be changed via the properties dialogue, the size of the array must be adjusted accordingly.

Nomenclature

\(D_{k_{i}}\) Knudsen diffusion coefficient of species Ai
\(D_{m_{i}}\) molecular diffusion coefficient of species Ai
\(D_{eff_{i}}\) effective diffusion coefficient of species Ai
\(F_{i}\) molar flow rate of species Ai
\({\overline H}_{i}(T)\) molar enthalpy of species Ai
\(\Delta H_{res}\) departure enthalpy of the mixture
\(J_{i}\) diffusional flux of species Ai
\(N\) total number of species
\(p\) pressure
\(R\) universal gas constant
\(t\) time
\(T\) temperature
\(\Phi\) energy flow rate

Bibliography

Frerich Keil (1999). Diffusion und Chemische Reaktionen in der Gas-Feststoff-Katalyse, Springer Berlin.