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Investigating the Impact of Electrolyte Flow Velocity on the Resistivity of Vanadium Redox Batteries: A Theoretical
Roman Kislov1, Zekharya Danin1, Moshe Averbukh1
1Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
Abstract:
The influence of electrolyte velocity over the ion-exchange membrane surface on ion and vanadium redox batteries' conductivity was formalized and quantified. The increase in electrolyte velocity dramatically improves proton conductivity, resulting in improved battery efficiency. An analysis of conductivity was carried out using a math model considering diffusion and drift ion motion together with their mass transport. The model is represented by the system of partial differential together with algebraic equations describing the steady-state mode of dynamic behavior. The theoretical solution obtained was compared qualitatively with the experimental results that prove the correctness of the submitted math model describing the influence of the electrolyte flow on the resistance of the vanadium redox battery. The presented theoretical approach was employed to conduct a parametric analysis of flow batteries, aiming to estimate the impact of electrolyte velocity on the output characteristics of these batteries.
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