Mass Transfer in Packed Bed Electrochemical Cells Having Both Uniform and Mixed Particle Sizes

Richard Alkire, Brian Gracon, Thomas Grueter, James Marek, Paul Blackburn

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Abstract

An electrochemical method was used to measure the mass transfer coefficient in packed beds containing spherical particles. The electrochemical reaction was reduction of ferricyanide ions on stainless steel ball bearings in the presence of potassium nitrate supporting electrolyte. The correlation found in this study was [formula omitted] where 1.8 < Re < 27, 2.98 < L/dp < 7.45, and Sc = 1421. The mass transfer coefficient for randomly packed beds containing up to five different sizes of spheres (0.398-0.952 cm diam) was correlated by the above equation when the average particle diameter was determined by [formula omitted] where dpi is the particle diameter of size i, and X1 is the volume (or weight fraction) of particles of size i in the packed bed. It was found that when the bed packing was segregated into two parallel flow zones, each having different particle sizes, then the average mass transfer coefficient was less than the value given by the correlation above.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1085-1091
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume127
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980

Keywords

  • channeling
  • mass transfer
  • nonuniform porosity
  • porous 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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