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Fluid flow effects on diffusion layer and current density for electrochemical systems
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, 61357-83151, Ahvaz, Iran 2Gas Networks Research Center, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, 61357-83151, Ahvaz, Iran 3Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
bnmorteza@scu.ac.ir
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, September 2020, 37(9), 1453-1465(13), 10.1007/s11814-020-0556-8
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Abstract
The effects of flow field upon the distribution of ionic concentration, electric potential, concentration boundary layer thickness, and electric current density were investigated. A modified numerical scheme is proposed to simulate the corresponding electrochemical system which is governed by nonlinear partial differential equations. Seven types of geometries and various flow fields with Reynolds numbers up to 2100 are considered. The obtained results indicate the current numerical method can successfully simulate the increase of current density on the cathode as the applied potential cell increases, and that rise will continue until the limiting current density is reached. To predict the effect of fluid flow, the proposed scheme is applied for various Peclet numbers. The increase of current density for Peclet numbers between 1 and 104 is quite evident. But for large Peclet numbers between 104 and 107, the current density increases gradually. The results also show that as the anode size is doubled, the maximum current density occurs at the leading and trailing edges. However, if the cathode size is doubled, the maximum current density occurs at the center regions of it. Knowing the regions where current density is extremum helps electochemical system designers to control the parameters of the corresponding process.
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