Comparison between CFD calculations of the flow in a rotating disk cell and the Cochran/Levich equations

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 669, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-66

  Alexiadis, A ^a   Cornell, A ^a   Dudukovic, M P ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Electrochemical cell; Levich equation; Rotating disk electrode

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; EULER EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATING DISKS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); CONCENTRATION BOUNDARY LAYER; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; EULER-EULER; HYDRODYNAMIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; LEVICH EQUATION; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODE; ROTATING ELECTRODES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84857248004     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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