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A lattice Boltzmann study of reactive microflows

Fluid Dynamics 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics Computational Physics

Abstract

The role of geometrical micro-barriers on the conversion efficiency of reactive flows in narrow three-dimensional channels of millimetric size is investigated. Using a Lattice-Boltzmann-Lax-Wendroff code, we show that micro-barriers have an appreciable effect on the effective reaction efficiency of the device. If extrapolated to macroscopic scales, these effects can result in a sizeable increase of the overall reaction efficiency.

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0108039,
  title  = {A lattice Boltzmann study of reactive microflows},
  author = {A. Gabriellii and S. Succi and E. Kaxiras},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0108039},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 7 figures