
APPENDIX B
MICROSCOPIC SPECIES
BALANCES—SPECIES
CONTINUITY EQUATIONS
Consider a stationary volume element, Dx Dy Dz shown in Figure B.1, through
which species j flows and in which chemical reactions take place. Let J
jx
, J
jy
,
and J
jz
be the components of the local molar flux of species j, C
j
the local molar
concentration of species j, and (r
j
) the volume-based formation rate of species j
defined by Eq. 3.1.1a. We write a species balance over the element in terms of
the molar flux of species j through the six surfaces of the element; each bracket
corresponds to a term in Eq. 4.0.1:
(J
jx
)
x
Dy Dz þ (J
jy
)
y
Dx Dz þ (J
jz
)
z
Dx Dy
þ (r
j
)Dx Dy Dz
¼
(J
jx
)
xþDx
Dy Dz þ (J
jy
)
yþDy
Dx Dz þ (J
jz
)
zþDz
Dx Dy
hi
þ
d
dt
C
j
Dx Dy Dz
(B:1)
Dividing both sides by Dx Dy Dz and taking the limit, Dx ! 0, Dy ! 0, Dz ! 0,
we obtain
@C
j
@t
þ
@J
jx
@x
þ
@J
jy
@y
þ
@J
jz
@z
¼ (r
j
)(B:2)
In general, we can write Eq. B.2 in vector notation:
@C
j
@t
þrrrrrJ
j
¼ (r
j
)(B:3)
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