Asymptotic transport models for heat and mass transfer in reactive porous media

We propose an approach for deriving in a rigorous but formal way a family of models of mass and heat transfer in reactive porous media. At a microscopic level we set a model coupling the Boltzmann equation in the gas phase, the heat equation on the solid phase and appropriate interface condititons. An asymptotic expansion leads to a system of coupled diffusion equations where the effective diffusion tensors are defined from the microscopic geometry of the material through auxiliary problems. The ellipticity of the diffusion operator is addressed. (C) 2003 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.