Kinetic Modeling of Molecular Gas Flow

Wu, Lei

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2872-7_7

Rarefied Gas Dynamics 2022

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2872-7_7

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Kinetic Modeling of Molecular Gas Flow

Lei Wu¹

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“…Gas transport through nanochannels is a widespread phenomenon in nature and plays an essential role in various industrial fields, including membrane separation 1,2 , gas extraction 3,4 , nano catalysis 5 and vacuum technology 6,7 . In the regime of free molecular flow, the continuum theory breaks down and we have to rely on the kinetic theory of gases, including the Knudsen theory and the Boltzmann equation 8 .…”

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A generalized Knudsen theory for gas transport with specular and diffuse reflections

Qian,

Wu,

Wang

2023

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Gas permeation through nanopores is a long-standing research interest because of its importance in fundamental science and many technologies. The free molecular flow is conventionally described by Knudsen theory, under the diffuse reflection assumption. Recent experiments reported ballistic molecular transport of gases, which urges for the development of theoretical tools to address the predominant specular reflections on atomically smooth surfaces. Here we develop a generalized Knudsen theory, which is applicable to various boundary conditions covering from the extreme specular reflection to the complete diffuse reflection. Our model overcomes the limitation of Smoluchowski model, which predicts the gas flow rate diverging to infinity for specular reflection. It emphasizes that the specular reflection can reduce the dissipation flow rate. Our model is validated using molecular dynamics simulations in various scenarios. The proposed model provides insights into the gas transport under confinement and extends Knudsen theory to free molecular flow with specular reflections.

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A generalized Knudsen theory for gas transport with specular and diffuse reflections

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Kinetic Modeling of Molecular Gas Flow

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A generalized Knudsen theory for gas transport with specular and diffuse reflections

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