Two-phase electrolysis process modelling: From the bubble to the electrochemical cell scale

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-87

  Mandin, P ^a   Roustan, H ^b   Wthrich, R ^c   Hamburger, J ^c   Picard, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Two phase electrolysis modelling electrochemical bubbles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; HYDROGEN;

HYDRODYNAMIC ACCELERATION;

ELECTROLYSIS;

EID: 38849133523     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/ECOR070081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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