Ma. Chaudhary et Jh. Merkin, A SIMPLE ISOTHERMAL MODEL FOR HOMOGENEOUS-HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS IN BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW .1. EQUAL DIFFUSIVITIES, Fluid dynamics research, 16(6), 1995, pp. 311-333
A simple model for homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions in stagnation-p
oint boundary-layer flow is constructed in which the homogeneous (bulk
) reaction is assumed to be given by isothermal cubic autocatalator ki
netics and the heterogeneous (surface) reaction by first order kinetic
s. The possible steady states of this system are analysed in detail in
the case when the diffusion coefficients of both reactant and autocat
alyst are equal. Hysteresis bifurcations leading to multiple solutions
are found. The temporal stability of these steady states is then disc
ussed.