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	Fickove zákony	Psychrometrická analýza	Stefanova-Maxwellova difúzia
Odbor	Termodynamika	Termodynamika	Termodynamika
Rodina	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Rok vzniku	1855	1911	1871
Tvorca	Adolf Fick	R. E. Carrier	Josef Stefan and James Clerk Maxwell
Typ	Diffusion law	Humid air thermodynamic analysis	Diffusion equation
Pôvodný zdroj	Fick, A. (1855). On liquid diffusion. Philosophical Magazine, 10(63), 30-39.	ASHRAE. (2021). Handbook-Fundamentals. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.	Reid, R. C., Prausnitz, J. M., & Poling, B. E. (1987). The Properties of Gases and Liquids (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0071247009
Ďalšie názvy	diffusion equation, Fickian diffusion	psychrometrics, humid air analysis	Stefan-Maxwell equation, multicomponent diffusion
Príbuzné	3	3	3
Zhrnutie	Fick's Laws describe how species diffuse through media due to concentration gradients. The First Law (steady-state) relates diffusion flux to concentration gradient, while the Second Law (transient) describes how concentration changes over time. These laws are fundamental to mass transfer analysis, applying to gases, liquids, and solids. Fick's Laws are analogous to Fourier's Law of heat conduction, replacing temperature with concentration.	Psychrometric analysis is the study of humid air (air-water vapor mixtures) and its properties. It is essential for designing and analyzing air conditioning, ventilation, and dehumidification systems. Psychrometric analysis relates dry-bulb temperature, wet-bulb temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and specific humidity through carefully constructed charts and correlations.	The Stefan-Maxwell diffusion equation describes how multiple chemical species diffuse through each other in a mixture, accounting for interactions between all species pairs. Unlike Fick's law, which assumes species diffuse independently, Stefan-Maxwell theory captures the coupling that occurs when species with different diffusivities move at different rates. This is essential for analyzing gas separation, combustion, catalytic processes, and reactive distillation.