An Analytical Solution Of 1-D Pseudo Homoneneous Model For Oxidation Reaction Using Homotopy Perturbation Method

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an analytical solution of convective-diffusion equation that derived from an oxidation reaction in a chemical reactor. Here, concentration of feed gas as dependent variable. In this study, the reaction are assumed to be a one-dimensional pseudo homogeneous model and it is evaluated at a certain reaction rate. By rescaling process, the nonlinear term of the reaction rate can be approximated by a linear term, resulting a linear convective-diffusion equation with an initial condition and a set of boundary conditions. Here, we present an analytic solution of the initial condition and the boundary conditions using the homotopy perturbation method. The results show that at the end of the reactor, the solution is in agreement with numerical solution of the initial and boundary conditions.