Prediction of mass transport profiles in a laboratory filter-press electrolyser by computational fluid dynamics modelling

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3446-3453

  Vazquez L ^a   Alvarez Gallegos, A ^a   Sierra, F Z ^a   León, C Ponce de ^b   Walsh, F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell design; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow patterns; FM01 LC; Mass transport

Indexed keywords

CELL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; ELECTROLYSERS; ELECTROLYTE FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FILTER-PRESS REACTORS; FINITE VOLUME APPROACH; FM01-LC; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; MASS TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS; REACTOR CHANNELS; RELATIVE ERRORS; UNIT CELLS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 77749242422     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.08.067     Document Type: Article

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