Numerical simulation of electrolyte particles trajectory to investigate battery cover design characteristics

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Esfahanian, Vahid ^a   Darian, Hossein Mahmoodi ^a   Babazadeh, Hamed ^a   Aghvami, Maziar ^a   Pasandeh, Reza ^a   Torabi, Farschad ^a   Ahmadi, Goodarz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery lid; Maintenance free; Numerical simulation; Particle trajectory

Indexed keywords

BATTERY CELLS; BATTERY COVERS; BATTERY LID; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; DISCRETE PHASE MODELS; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; ELECTROLYTE LOSS; ELECTROLYTE SURFACES; FINITE-VOLUME METHODS; FLAME ARRESTORS; GAS BUBBLES; GAS FLOWS; LAGRANGIAN REFERENCE FRAMES; LEAD-ACID BATTERIES; MAINTENANCE-FREE; MAINTENANCE-FREE BATTERIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORY; PHYSICAL MODELS; RELEASED GAS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; MAINTENANCE; MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 65649147262     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.09.105     Document Type: Article

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