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Numerical Analysis of the electrochemical performance of a zinc-air fuel cell with an electrolyte flow (전해질 유동에 따른 아연/공기전지 성능의 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Jungyun;Park, Sangmin;Oh, Taeyoung;Lee, Hoil
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.88.2-88.2
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구는 아연/공기전지 설계기술 개발을 위한 기초 연구로서 전산해석을 이용하여 전해질 유동에 따른 아연/공기전지의 성능 예측에 관한 것이다. 전산해석모델은 전기화학 방정식과 유체유동 방정식으로 구성하였으며, 화학종 반응에 관한 지배방정식으로는 Nernst-Planck식을 이용하였고 전극표면의 전기화학반응은 Butler-Volmer식을 이용하였다. 또한 유체유동 방정식은 Navier-Stoke식을 적용하여 전해질 유동에 따른 전기화학적 성능 변화를 모사하였다. 아연/공기전지 성능 평가 실험으로부터 얻은 I-V 곡선과 전산해석결과와의 비교/분석을 통하여 전기화학모델의 타당성을 검증하였으며, 유체 유동 방정식과의 연동해석을 적용하여 전해질 유입 위치 및 유입 속도에 따른 아연/공기전지의 성능 변화를 조사하였다. 아연/공기전지의 성능은 전해질 유입 위치가 아연극에 가까울수록, 유입 속도가 빠를수록 향상되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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Chloride Diffusion in Mortars - Effect of the Use of Limestone Sand Part I: Migration Test

  • Akrout, Khaoula;Ltifi, Mounir;Ouezdou, Mongi Ben
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.105-108
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    • 2010
  • In order to determine the effect of the use of limestone sand on chloride ion ingress in mortar, specimens were cast with two different sands: siliceous sand (used as reference) and limestone crushed sand (used for this study). To compare and assess the resistance of this mortar to chloride penetration, two different diffusions tests were employed: slow migration and rapid migration (AASHTO test). In this study, calculation of the effective diffusion coefficient is proposed using a model based on Nernst. Planck equation. The diffusion coefficients from each sample were compared. The results for all tests show that the diffusion coefficients for siliceous sand mortar are larger than those obtained with limestone sand. It appears also that the diffusion coefficient varies as a function of the W/C ratio.

Evaluation of the Effective Charge Density on Low Pressure Nanofiltration with the Separation Characteristics of Monovalent and Divalent Solutes in the Production of Drinking Water

  • Oh, Jeong-Ik;Taro, Urase
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2011
  • The electric charge on a membrane was investigated by analyzing the experimental rejection of various monovalent and divalent ionic solutes. The characteristics of the separation of ionic solutes using various nanofiltration membranes were obtained from an experimental nanofiltration set-up, with a surface area of $40cm^2$ under the operational pressures between 0.25-0.3 MPa. The state of the membrane electric charge was observed using separation coefficients, i.e., the permeation ratio of monovalent to divalent ions. To confirm the state of the membrane charge observed via the separation coefficient, a calculation using the extended Nernst-Planck equation, coupled with the Donnan equilibrium, assuming different electric charge states of the membrane, was compared with the experimental rejection of ionic solutes. The examination of the characteristics of separation using three types of nanofiltration membranes showed that one of the membranes carried a negative/positive double charge density inside, while other two membranes carried either a positive or negative charge density.

Prediction of chloride ingress into saturated concrete on the basis of a multi-species model by numerical calculations

  • Nguyen, T.Q.;Baroghel-Bouny, V.;Dangla, P.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.3 no.6
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    • pp.401-422
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    • 2006
  • A multi-species model based on the Nernst-Planck equation has been developed by using a finite volume method. The model makes it possible to simulate transport due to an electrical field or by diffusion and to predict chloride penetration through water saturated concrete. The model is used in this paper to assess and analyse chloride diffusion coefficients and chloride binding isotherms. The experimental assessment of the effective chloride diffusion coefficient consists in measuring the chloride penetration depth by using a colorimetric method. The effective diffusion coefficient determined numerically allows to correctly reproduce the chloride penetration depth measured experimentally. Then, a new approach for the determination of chloride binding, based on non-steady state diffusion tests, is proposed. The binding isotherm is identified by a numerical inverse method from a single experimental total chloride concentration profile obtained at a given exposure time and from Freundlich's formula. In order to determine the initial pore solution composition (required as initial conditions for the model), the method of Taylor that describes the release of alkalis from cement and alkali sorption by the hydration products is used here. Finally, with these input data, prediction of total and water-soluble chloride concentration profiles has been performed. The method is validated by comparing the results of numerical simulations to experimental results obtained on various types of concretes and under different exposure conditions.