Thermodynamic consistency and fluctuations in mesoscopic stochastic simulations of reactive gas mixtures

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Hauptverfasser: Polimeno, Matteo, Kim, Changho, Blanchette, François, Srivastava, Ishan, Garcia, Alejandro L., Nonaka, Andy J., Bell, John B.
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author Polimeno, Matteo
Kim, Changho
Blanchette, François
Srivastava, Ishan
Garcia, Alejandro L.
Nonaka, Andy J.
Bell, John B.
author_facet Polimeno, Matteo
Kim, Changho
Blanchette, François
Srivastava, Ishan
Garcia, Alejandro L.
Nonaka, Andy J.
Bell, John B.
contents It is essential that mesoscopic simulations of reactive systems reproduce the correct statistical distributions at thermodynamic equilibrium. By considering a compressible fluctuating hydrodynamics (FHD) simulation method of ideal gas mixtures undergoing reversible reactions described by the chemical Langevin equations, we show that thermodynamic consistency in reaction rates and the use of instantaneous temperatures for the evaluation of reaction rates is required for fluctuations for the overall system to be correct. We then formulate the required properties of a thermodynamically-consistent reaction (TCR) model. As noted in the literature, while reactions are often discussed in terms of forward and reverse rates, these rates should not be modeled independently because they must be compatible with thermodynamic equilibrium for the system. Using a simple TCR model where each chemical species has constant heat capacity, we derive the explicit condition that the forward and reverse reaction rate constants must satisfy in order for the system to be thermodynamically consistent. We perform equilibrium and non-equilibrium simulations of ideal gas mixtures undergoing a reversible dimerization reaction to measure the fluctuational behavior of the system numerically. We confirm that FHD simulations with the TCR model give the correct static structure factor of equilibrium fluctuations. For the statistically steady simulation of a gas mixture between two isothermal walls with different temperatures, we show using the TCR model that the temperature variance agrees with the corresponding thermodynamic-equilibrium temperature variance in the interior of the system, whereas noticeable deviations are present in regions near walls, where chemistry is far from equilibrium.
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spellingShingle Thermodynamic consistency and fluctuations in mesoscopic stochastic simulations of reactive gas mixtures
Polimeno, Matteo
Kim, Changho
Blanchette, François
Srivastava, Ishan
Garcia, Alejandro L.
Nonaka, Andy J.
Bell, John B.
Chemical Physics
Computational Physics
It is essential that mesoscopic simulations of reactive systems reproduce the correct statistical distributions at thermodynamic equilibrium. By considering a compressible fluctuating hydrodynamics (FHD) simulation method of ideal gas mixtures undergoing reversible reactions described by the chemical Langevin equations, we show that thermodynamic consistency in reaction rates and the use of instantaneous temperatures for the evaluation of reaction rates is required for fluctuations for the overall system to be correct. We then formulate the required properties of a thermodynamically-consistent reaction (TCR) model. As noted in the literature, while reactions are often discussed in terms of forward and reverse rates, these rates should not be modeled independently because they must be compatible with thermodynamic equilibrium for the system. Using a simple TCR model where each chemical species has constant heat capacity, we derive the explicit condition that the forward and reverse reaction rate constants must satisfy in order for the system to be thermodynamically consistent. We perform equilibrium and non-equilibrium simulations of ideal gas mixtures undergoing a reversible dimerization reaction to measure the fluctuational behavior of the system numerically. We confirm that FHD simulations with the TCR model give the correct static structure factor of equilibrium fluctuations. For the statistically steady simulation of a gas mixture between two isothermal walls with different temperatures, we show using the TCR model that the temperature variance agrees with the corresponding thermodynamic-equilibrium temperature variance in the interior of the system, whereas noticeable deviations are present in regions near walls, where chemistry is far from equilibrium.
title Thermodynamic consistency and fluctuations in mesoscopic stochastic simulations of reactive gas mixtures
topic Chemical Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07048