A micromechanical investigation of interfacial transport processes. I. Interfacial conservation equations

Abstract

Macroscale interfacial conservation equations are derived for transport processes occurring in immiscible fluid—fluid systems possessing moving and deforming interfaces via a rigorous matched asymptotic expansion scheme from the more exact, continuous (‘diffuse’) microscale equations underlying them . A surface-fixed coordinate system is developed for the parameterization of the interface, alleviating approximations which result when either a material or a space-fixed control volume is used to investigate systems undergoing interphase mass transfer.