Numerical and experimental investigation of two-phase flow in an electrochemical cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3668-3675

  Aldas, Kemal ^a   Pehlivanoglu, Nur ^a   Mat, Mahmut D ^b  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Two phase flow; Void fraction; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; GASEOUS PHASES; HYDROGEN ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION; NUMERICA L RESULTS; RESISTIVITY CHANGES; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; TWO-PHASE FLOW (2PF); VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 48949115555     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.04.047     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Janssen L.J.J., Sillen C.W.M.P., Barendrecht E., and van Stralen S.J.D. Bubble behaviour during oxygen and hydrogen evolution at transparent electrode in KOH solution. Electrochim Acta 29 (1984) 633-642
2. Eigeldinger J., and Vogt H. The bubble coverage of gas-evolving electrodes in a flowing electrolyte. Electrochim Acta 45 (2000) 4449-4456
3. Sides P.J., and Tobias C.W. A close view of gas evolution from the back side of a transparent Electrode. J Electrochem Soc 132 (1985) 583-588
4. Janssen L.J.J., and Hoogland J.H. The effect of electrolytically evolved gas bubbles on the thickness of the diffusion layer. Electrochim Acta 15 (1970) 1013
5. Lubetkin S. The motion of electrolytic gas bubbles near electrodes. Electrochim Acta 48 (2002) 357-375
6. Vogt H., Aras O., and Balzer R.J. The limits of the analogy between boiling and gas evolution at electrodes. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 47 (2004) 787-795
7. Sasaki T, Murai Y, Nagai N, Kuroda I, Yamamoto F. Image measurement of electrolytic gas bubbles in parallel plate electrodes. In: 15th world hydrogen energy conference, June 2004, Japan.
8. Boissonneau P., and Byrne P. An experimental investigation of bubble-induced free convection in a small electrochemical cell. J Appl Electrochem 30 (2000) 767-775
9. Menon M.M., and Landau U. Modeling of electrochemical cell including diffusion migration and unsteady-state effects. J Electrochem Soc 134 (1987) 2248-2253
10. Selman J.R., and Newman J. Free-convection mass transfer with a supporting. Electrolyte J Electrochem Soc 118 (1971) 1070-1078
11. Wallgren C.F., Bark F.H., and Andersson B.J. Electrolysis of a binary electrolyte in two-dimensional channel flow. Electrochim Acta 41 18 (1996) 2909-2916
12. Ishii M., and Zuber N. Drag coefficient and relative velocity in bubbly, droplet or particulate flows. AIChE J 25 (1979) 834-855
13. Ziegler D., and Evans J.W. Mathematical modeling of electrolyte circulation in cell with planar vertical electrodes. J Electrochem Soc 103 3 (1986) 567-576
14. Dahlkild A.A. Modelling the two-phase flow and current distribution along a vertical gas-evolving electrode. J Fluid Mech 428 (2001) 249-272
15. Mat M.D., Aldas K., and Ilegbusi O.J. A two-phase model for hydrogen evolution in an electrochemical cell. J Hydrogen Energy 29 (2004) 1015-1023
16. Mat M.D., and Aldas K. Application of a two-phase flow model for natural convection in an electrochemical cell. J Hydrogen Energy 30 (2005) 411-420
17. Kuo J.T., and Wallis G.B. Flow of bubbles through nozzles. Int J Multiphase Flow 14 (1988) 547-556
18. Rosten H, Spalding DB. Phoenics Manual. CHAM, TR/100, London; 1986.