Reaction-diffusion dynamics: confrontation between theory and experiment in a microfluidic reactor
Fluid Dynamics
2009-11-07 v3 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
We confront, quantitatively, the theoretical description of the reaction-diffusion of a second order reaction to experiment. The reaction at work is \ca/CaGreen, and the reactor is a T-shaped microchannel, 10 m deep, 200 m wide, and 2 cm long. The experimental measurements are compared with the two-dimensional numerical simulation of the reaction-diffusion equations. We find good agreement between theory and experiment. From this study, one may propose a method of measurement of various quantities, such as the kinetic rate of the reaction, in conditions yet inaccessible to conventional methods.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0208091,
title = {Reaction-diffusion dynamics: confrontation between theory and experiment in a microfluidic reactor},
author = {Charles N. Baroud and Fridolin Okkels and Laure Menetrier and Patrick Tabeling},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0208091},
year = {2009}
}