Relaxation of chemical reactions to stationary states in the chemical affinities space

DOI10.1063/1.3527276zbMATH Open1314.82035arXiv1004.4566OpenAlexW3101281708MaRDI QIDQ5255489FDOQ5255489

Authors: Giorgio Sonnino 

Publication date: 15 June 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the mass balance equations for chemical reactions, we show how the system relaxes towards a steady state in and out of the Onsager region. In the chemical affinities space, after fast transients, the relaxation process is a straight line when operating in the Onsager region, while out of this regime, the evolution of the system is such that the projections of the evolution equations for the forces and the shortest path on the flows coincide. For spatially-extended systems, similar results are valid for the evolution of the thermodynamic mode (i.e., the mode with wave-number k = 0). These results allow us to obtain the expression for the affine connection of the space covered by the thermodynamic forces, close to the steady states. Through the affine connection, the nonlinear closure equations are derived.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4566

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Chemically reacting flows (80A32) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry (92E20)

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