CFD evaluation of internal manifold effects on mass transport distribution in a laboratory filter-press flow cell

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-465

  Vazquez L ^a   Alvarez Gallegos, A ^a   Sierra, F Z ^a   Ponce De Leon C ^b   Walsh, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Channel flow; Filter press cell; Mass transport; Parallel plates

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ELECTRODES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VELOCITY; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; FILTER-PRESS CELL; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; MASS TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS; PARALLEL PLATES; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893672531     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-013-0530-9     Document Type: Article

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