Transport Properties of a Kinetic Model for Chemical Reactions without Barriers

Journal Article · Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3562719· OSTI ID:21518449

Alves, Giselle M ^[1]; Kremer, Gilberto M ^[2]; Soares, Ana Jacinta ^[3]

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1. Escola Tecnica, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba (Brazil)
2. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba (Brazil)
3. Departamento de Matematica, Universidade do Minho, Braga (Portugal)

A kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation for chemical reactions without energy barrier is considered here with the aim of evaluating the reaction rate and characterizing the transport coefficient of shear viscosity for the reactive system. The Chapman-Enskog solution of the Boltzmann equation is used to compute the chemical reaction effects, in a flow regime for which the reaction process is close to the final equilibrium state. Some numerical results are provided illustrating that the considered chemical reaction without energy barrier can induce an appreciable influence on the reaction rate and on the transport coefficient of shear viscosity.

• OSTI ID: 21518449
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1333, Issue 1; Conference: 27. international symposium on rarefied gas dynamics, Pacific Grove, CA (United States), 10-15 Jul 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3562719; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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