Use established formula for Henry coefficient Air & Water
For the temperature-dependent Henry coefficient of air in water, we use a formula from Stefan Finsterle's PhD disserttaion (1993, page 33 Formula (2.9)) derived from fitting to data from Tchobanoglous & Schroeder, 1985. See dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_air.hh
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I have three issues with the formula
- Stefan is not an expert for Henry coefficient nor are his advisors. Using such a formula from a PhD thesis is not optimal.
- The formula and the underlying data is not easily accessible. The PhD thesis is in Swiss German and the data is from a book. It can be obtained, but online published formula would be much better.
- The limits of the formula are currently unknown and not documented. In what temperature range are the values reliable? E.g., extrapolation data from between 15°C and 40°C from soil science to some hot PEM fuel cell case with > 100°C is probably not good.
Unfortunately, I was not able to find a better formula. Henry coefficients are published (without temperature dependency) only for pure gases like O2 or CO2, not for mixtures like air.