Current Distribution in a Tubular Electrode under Laminar Flow: Two Electrode Reactions

Richard Alkire, Ali Asghar Mirarefi

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Abstract

A computational method has been developed for calculating the current distribution along a tubular electrode when two electrode reactions occur simultaneously. The model is valid for all operating conditions between the secondary current distribution and the limiting current distribution. The model includes the Leveque equation of convective diffusion, a one-dimensional potential distribution, and Butler-Volmer charge-transfer kinetics for each electrode reaction. Experiments on copper deposition in the presence of a Fe(III)/ Fe(II) redox couple were carried out with a sectioned tubular electrode. Current distribution data were compared with theoretical expectations and good agreement was found.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1214-1220
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume124
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1977

Keywords

  • laminar flow
  • mathematieal model
  • multiple reaction
  • sectioned electrode
  • tubular electrode

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Electrochemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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