Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gas mixtures in the presence of interfaces

A broad range of the boundary value problems of the kinetic theory of gases and gas mixtures is considered based on kinetic theory and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The interrelation of the kinetic theory and non-equilibrium thermodynamics is discussed. The balance equations at the interface are obtained for the case of the boundary layers with peculiar properties. Procedures for deriving the boundary conditions for slightly rarefied gas mixtures are outlined. The problems of calculating slip coefficients are discussed. The specificity of the kinetic effects in the boundary conditions is shown. A set of general relations related to gas mixture flows in capillaries is deduced. The possibility of non-equilibrium kinetic effects in the form of a paradoxical distribution of non-equilibrium temperature is shown. Methods of non-equilibrium thermodynamics are used to obtain the phenomenological equations describing the thermophoresis and diffusiophoresis of particles and cross phenomena. The growth and evaporation of droplets is considered based on kinetic theory and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.