Asymptotics of reaction-diffusion fronts with one static and one diffusing reactant

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00140-8MaRDI QIDQ1590019zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Martin Z. Bazant, Howard A. Stone

Publication date 13 November 2001

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9904008

reaction front diffusion layer matched selfsimilar solutions

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30) Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry (92E20)

Abstract: The long-time behavior of a reaction-diffusion front between one static (e.g. porous solid) reactant A and one initially separated diffusing reactant B is analyzed for the mean-field reaction-rate density R( ho_A, ho_B) = k ho_A^m ho_B^n. A uniformly valid asymptotic approximation is constructed from matched self-similar solutions in a reaction front (of width w sim t^alpha where R sim t^�eta enters the dominant balance) and a diffusion layer (of width W sim t^{1/2} where R is negligible). The limiting solution exists if and only if m, n geq 1, in which case the scaling exponents are uniquely given by alpha = (m-1)/2(m+1) and �eta = m/(m+1). In the diffusion layer, the common ad hoc approximation of neglecting reactions is given mathematical justification, and the exact transient decay of the reaction rate is derived. The physical effects of higher-order kinetics (m, n > 1), such as the broadening of the reaction front and the slowing of transients, are also discussed.

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