Mass transfer enhancement in electrochemical flow cells through 3D-printed biomimetic channels

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dc.contributor.authorGarcía López, Inmaculada
dc.contributor.authorArenas, Luis Fernando
dc.contributor.authorTurek, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorÁgueda Maté, Vicente Ismael
dc.contributor.authorGarrido Escudero, Amalio
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T07:32:47Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T07:32:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMass transfer is frequently the rate-limiting step in electrochemical processes. In addition to increasing electrolyte flow rate, transfer limitations in electrochemical flow cells can be mitigated by inducing turbulence in the flow fields. This can be achieved by substituting the conventional rectangular channel cell design for flow fields that promote chaotic movement in the electrolyte. In this work, a novel biomimetic channel concept based on space-filling curves created by differential growth, such as those present in rippled surfaces of plants and river meanders, is proposed. The overall performance was analyzed in an undivided flow cell by the limiting current technique as a function of electrolyte flow rate. The performance of the biomimetic flow field is enhanced on average by a factor of 1.9 and 1.1 with respect to the rectangular and serpentine flow fields, respectively. The designed flow field increased pressure drop in comparison to the other flow fields but at levels similar to the typical FM01-LC flow reactor with porous electrodes. Differential growth flow fields open a window to further application in inorganic and organic flow electrosynthesis at various scales, as this parametric design allows for channel adaption to the reaction requirements.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Ingeniería Química y de Materiales
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Químicas
dc.description.fundingtypeDescuento UCM
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationGarcía-López, I.; Arenas, L. F.; Turek, T.; Águeda, V. I.; Garrido-Escudero, A. Mass Transfer Enhancement in Electrochemical Flow Cells through 3D-Printed Biomimetic Channels. React. Chem. Eng. 2023, 8, 1776– 1784, DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00053B
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/d3re00053b
dc.identifier.issn2058-9883
dc.identifier.officialurlDOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RE00053B
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/reaction-chemistry-engineering/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/106949
dc.journal.titleReaction Chemistry & Engineering
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final1784
dc.page.initial1776
dc.publisherRSC Publishing
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu66.0
dc.subject.ucmIngeniería química
dc.subject.unesco3303 Ingeniería y Tecnología Químicas
dc.titleMass transfer enhancement in electrochemical flow cells through 3D-printed biomimetic channels
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dc.volume.number8
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