Pressure drop analysis on the positive half-cell of a cerium redox flow battery using computational fluid dynamics: mathematical and modelling aspects of porous media
Pressure drop analysis on the positive half-cell of a cerium redox flow battery using computational fluid dynamics: mathematical and modelling aspects of porous media
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Description of electrolyte fluid dynamics in the electrode compartments by mathematical models can be a powerful tool in the development of redox flow batteries and other electrochemical reactors. In order to determine their predictive capability, turbulent Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) and free flow plus porous media (Brinkman) models were applied to compute local fluid velocities taking place in a rectangular channel electrochemical flow cell used as the positive half-cell of a cerium-based redox flow battery for laboratory studies. Two different platinized titanium electrodes were considered, a plate plus a turbulence promoter and an expanded metal mesh. Calculated pressure drop was validated against experimental data obtained with typical cerium electrolytes. It was found that the pressure drop values were better described by the RANS approach, whereas the validity of Brinkman equations was strongly dependent on porosity and permeability values of the porous med
CFD simulation, porous media, porous electrode, pressure drop, redox flow battery
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Rivera, Fernando
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Miranda-Alcántara, Berenice
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Orozco, Germán
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Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
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Arenas, Luis Fernando
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Rivera, Fernando
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Orozco, Germán
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Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
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Arenas, Luis Fernando
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Rivera, Fernando, Miranda-Alcántara, Berenice, Orozco, Germán, Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos and Arenas, Luis Fernando
(2020)
Pressure drop analysis on the positive half-cell of a cerium redox flow battery using computational fluid dynamics: mathematical and modelling aspects of porous media.
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 15, .
(doi:10.1007/s11705-020-1934-9).
Abstract
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Description of electrolyte fluid dynamics in the electrode compartments by mathematical models can be a powerful tool in the development of redox flow batteries and other electrochemical reactors. In order to determine their predictive capability, turbulent Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) and free flow plus porous media (Brinkman) models were applied to compute local fluid velocities taking place in a rectangular channel electrochemical flow cell used as the positive half-cell of a cerium-based redox flow battery for laboratory studies. Two different platinized titanium electrodes were considered, a plate plus a turbulence promoter and an expanded metal mesh. Calculated pressure drop was validated against experimental data obtained with typical cerium electrolytes. It was found that the pressure drop values were better described by the RANS approach, whereas the validity of Brinkman equations was strongly dependent on porosity and permeability values of the porous med
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 March 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 July 2020
Keywords:
CFD simulation, porous media, porous electrode, pressure drop, redox flow battery
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