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Transport‐controlled reaction rates under local non‐equilibrium conditions
Author(s) -
SanchezVila Xavier,
Dentz Marco,
Donado Leonardo David
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2007gl029410
Subject(s) - reaction rate , chemical equilibrium , partial differential equation , scale (ratio) , computation , chemical reaction , thermodynamics , dissolution , precipitation , mathematics , statistical physics , chemistry , physics , mathematical analysis , meteorology , catalysis , biochemistry , algorithm , quantum mechanics
Chemical reactions are driven by non‐equilibrium and can be fully described by the spatio‐temporal distribution of the reaction rate. We present an analytical approach for the computation of reaction rates under local non‐equilibrium conditions for a precipitation/dissolution problem. We derive an original non‐linear partial differential equation for the reaction rate r and present a series expansion of r for large Damköhler numbers, i.e., fast local scale reactions. The impact of local scale non‐equilibrium conditions on the transport‐controlled reaction rate is studied for reactive transport in a column.