Abstract
A model describing the propagation of a binary mixture at finite concentration in nonlinear liquid chromatography is discussed. This model consists of two mass balance equations, one for each solute. A finite difference method is used to derive numerical solutions of this set of nonlinear partial differential equation with boundary conditions corresponding to the elution of large concentration bands. These solutions describe the shape of the elution profiles of partially resolved compounds. Although the model used corresponds to ideal chromatography (constant equilibrium between the mobile and stationary phase, i.e., infinite column efficiency), it is possible to simulate the smoothing effect of a finite column efficiency by properly selecting the differential space element in the numerical integration. The numerical solutions appear to converge satisfactorily toward a stable solution of the system of equations provided the Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) criterion is met in the choice of the integration parameters. The profiles obtained are very realistic and fare quite well with experimental results retrieved from the literature. Some of the results obtained are discussed in detail.
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