The Maxwell-Stefan formulation of irreversible thermodynamics for simultaneous heat and mass transfer

Abstract

We consider constitutive relations for diffusion and simultaneous heat conduction in an n-coraponent non-ideal fluid mixture. Using the ideal gas treatment of Hirschfelder, Curtiss and Bird as a basis, we develop the generalization of the Maxwell-Stefan diffusion equations. The application of the second law of thermodynamics is shown to impose non-negativity constraints on the defined diffusion coefficients, D_ik The practicalusefulness of the Generalized Maxwell-Stefan formulation is demonstrated by a few examples.