Mathematics – Analysis of PDEs
Scientific paper
2004-04-12
Appl. Math. Lett. 14 (2001) 983-988
Mathematics
Analysis of PDEs
W. J. Golz and J. R. Dorroh. 2001. The Convection-diffusion equation for a finite domain with time varying boundaries. Applied
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0893-9659(01)00076-3
A solution is developed for a convection-diffusion equation describing chemical transport with sorption, decay, and production. The problem is formulated in a finite domain where the appropriate conservation law yields Robin conditions at the ends. When the input concentration is arbitrary, the problem is underdetermined because of an unknown exit concentration. We resolve this by defining the exit concentration as a solution to a similar diffusion equation which satisfies a Dirichlet condition at the left end of the half line. This problem does not appear to have been solved in the literature, and the resulting representation should be useful for problems of practical interest. Authors of previous works on problems of this type have eliminated the unknown exit concentration by assuming a continuous concentration at the outflow boundary. This yields a well-posed problem by forcing a homogeneous Neumann exit, widely known as the Danckwerts [1] condition. We provide a solution to the Neumann problem and use it to produce an estimate which demonstrates that the Danckwerts condition implies a zero concentration at the outflow boundary, even for a long flow domain and a large time.
Dorroh J. R.
Golz W. J.
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