Transport properties of a kinetic model for chemical reactions without barriers

• Author(s): Alves, Giselle M. ; Kremer, Gilberto M. ; Soares, A. J.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11296
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Boltzmann equation; Chemically reactive flows; Transport processes
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

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.