Numerical simulation of transient natural convection induced by electrochemical reactions confined between vertical plane Cu electrodes

Ionic Mass Transfer Rate Accompanying Pulsed Current Electrodeposition of Silver

“…It is seen that the slopes estimated from calculated results quantitatively agree with the analytical ones within 1 % of error. The overshoot followed by oscillation behavior may be related to the interaction between cathodic upward and anodic downward natural convections, as previously reported [23]. It is clearly seen that the buoyancy convection plays an important role in the transient ionic mass transfer rate even under PC condition.…”

Model Based Analysis of Forced and Natural Convection Effects in an Electrochemical Cell

“…In a first step, the accuracy of the OpenFoam® based natural convection model is tested on a Benchmark case experimentally and computationally conducted by Kawai [12]. In the second case, the impact of an additional flow is studied.…”

“…Kawai did several studies of electrochemical cells both experimentally and computationally with two vertical electrodes. He studied the transient behaviour of the natural convection at a constant current density [12]. Later, he focused on ___________________________________ *Corresponding Author: brni@zhaw.ch the ionic mass transfer in CuSO4-H2SO4 solutions whereas the electric field and electrochemical reaction were solved as well [4][5][6]10].…”

“…The first case models considers transient natural convection and is based on the Benchmark case originally conducted by Kawai [12]. In a second model, the electrochemical reaction and electrostatics are considered as well.…”

“…The presented model, originally conducted by Kawai [12] and later validated by Sark [10], is used for validation of the modified Boussinesq solver. In the model, a constant homogeneous current density of 20 A/m² is applied between anode and cathode in a 0.6 M CuSO4 aqueous solution.…”