IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v16y2023i6p2846-d1101359.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Mass Transfer Behaviors and Battery Performance of a Ferrocyanide-Based Organic Redox Flow Battery with Different Electrode Shapes

Author

Listed:
  • Pengfei Zhang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Xi Liu

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Junjie Fu

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Fengming Chu

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China)

Abstract

The ferrocyanide-based organic redox flow battery (ferrocyanide-based ORFB), based on electrochemistry, has become a potential energy storage technology due to its low price, eco-friendliness, safety, and convenience. However, its low efficiency and poor mass transfer performance hinder the application of the ORFB. The influence of the electrode shape (trapezoid, sector, and rectangle) on the mass transfer and battery performance are studied based on a numerical model, which is verified by the experiments. The results show that battery performance of the trapezoid electrode is better than that of the sector and rectangle electrode. The discharge voltage of the rectangle battery is the lowest, and the discharge voltage of the trapezoid battery is the highest. The discharge voltage of the rectangle battery is 4.47% lower than that of the trapezoid battery. The uniformity factor value of the trapezoid battery is 26.9% higher than that of the rectangle battery. The trapezoid shape is the best design for the electrode, contributing to the application of the ferrocyanide-based ORFBs.

Suggested Citation

  • Pengfei Zhang & Xi Liu & Junjie Fu & Fengming Chu, 2023. "Mass Transfer Behaviors and Battery Performance of a Ferrocyanide-Based Organic Redox Flow Battery with Different Electrode Shapes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:6:p:2846-:d:1101359
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2846/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2846/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Xu, Q. & Zhao, T.S. & Leung, P.K., 2013. "Numerical investigations of flow field designs for vanadium redox flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 47-56.
    2. Fengming Chu & Wen Lu & Dailong Zhai & Guozhen Xiao & Guoan Yang, 2022. "Mass transfer behavior in electrode and battery performance analysis of organic flow battery [Control system design for micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells]," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 17, pages 494-505.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xiao, Guozhen & Yang, Guoan & Zhao, Sixiang & Xia, Lixing & Chu, Fengming & Tan, Zhan'ao, 2022. "Battery performance optimization and multi-component transport enhancement of organic flow battery based on channel section reconstruction," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 258(C).
    2. Chen, Wei & Kang, Jialun & Shu, Qing & Zhang, Yunsong, 2019. "Analysis of storage capacity and energy conversion on the performance of gradient and double-layered porous electrode in all-vanadium redox flow batteries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 341-355.
    3. Bhattarai, Arjun & Wai, Nyunt & Schweiss, Rüdiger & Whitehead, Adam & Scherer, Günther G. & Ghimire, Purna C. & Lim, Tuti M. & Hng, Huey Hoon, 2019. "Vanadium redox flow battery with slotted porous electrodes and automatic rebalancing demonstrated on a 1 kW system level," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 236(C), pages 437-443.
    4. Kim, Dong Kyu & Yoon, Sang Jun & Lee, Jaeho & Kim, Sangwon, 2018. "Parametric study and flow rate optimization of all-vanadium redox flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C), pages 891-901.
    5. Sun, Jie & Zheng, Menglian & Yang, Zhongshu & Yu, Zitao, 2019. "Flow field design pathways from lab-scale toward large-scale flow batteries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 637-646.
    6. Fengming Chu & Wen Lu & Dailong Zhai & Guozhen Xiao & Guoan Yang, 2022. "Mass transfer behavior in electrode and battery performance analysis of organic flow battery [Control system design for micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells]," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 17, pages 494-505.
    7. Di Blasi, A. & Briguglio, N. & Di Blasi, O. & Antonucci, V., 2014. "Charge–discharge performance of carbon fiber-based electrodes in single cell and short stack for vanadium redox flow battery," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 114-122.
    8. Leung, P. & Martin, T. & Liras, M. & Berenguer, A.M. & Marcilla, R. & Shah, A. & An, L. & Anderson, M.A. & Palma, J., 2017. "Cyclohexanedione as the negative electrode reaction for aqueous organic redox flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 318-326.
    9. Longchun Zhong & Fengming Chu, 2023. "A Novel Biomimetic Lung-Shaped Flow Field for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-14, September.
    10. Iñigo Aramendia & Unai Fernandez-Gamiz & Adrian Martinez-San-Vicente & Ekaitz Zulueta & Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede, 2020. "Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: A Review Oriented to Fluid-Dynamic Optimization," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-20, December.
    11. Xu, Q. & Zhao, T.S. & Zhang, C., 2014. "Effects of SOC-dependent electrolyte viscosity on performance of vanadium redox flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 139-147.
    12. Yue, Meng & Lv, Zhiqiang & Zheng, Qiong & Li, Xianfeng & Zhang, Huamin, 2019. "Battery assembly optimization: Tailoring the electrode compression ratio based on the polarization analysis in vanadium flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C), pages 495-508.
    13. Yang, Xiao-Guang & Ye, Qiang & Cheng, Ping & Zhao, Tim S., 2015. "Effects of the electric field on ion crossover in vanadium redox flow batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 306-319.
    14. Mohamed, M.R. & Leung, P.K. & Sulaiman, M.H., 2015. "Performance characterization of a vanadium redox flow battery at different operating parameters under a standardized test-bed system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 402-412.
    15. Badrinarayanan, Rajagopalan & Tseng, King Jet & Soong, Boon Hee & Wei, Zhongbao, 2017. "Modelling and control of vanadium redox flow battery for profile based charging applications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 1479-1488.
    16. Wang, Q. & Qu, Z.G. & Jiang, Z.Y. & Yang, W.W., 2018. "Experimental study on the performance of a vanadium redox flow battery with non-uniformly compressed carbon felt electrode," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 213(C), pages 293-305.
    17. Yin, Cong & Guo, Shaoyun & Fang, Honglin & Liu, Jiayi & Li, Yang & Tang, Hao, 2015. "Numerical and experimental studies of stack shunt current for vanadium redox flow battery," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 237-248.
    18. Ma, Qiang & Fu, Wenxuan & Zhao, Lijuan & Chen, Zhenqian & Su, Huaneng & Xu, Qian, 2023. "A double-layer electrode for the negative side of deep eutectic solvent electrolyte-based vanadium-iron redox flow battery," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 265(C).
    19. Snigdha Saha & Kranthi Kumar Maniam & Shiladitya Paul & Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, 2023. "Hydrodynamic and Electrochemical Analysis of Compression and Flow Field Designs in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-33, August.
    20. Messaggi, M. & Canzi, P. & Mereu, R. & Baricci, A. & Inzoli, F. & Casalegno, A. & Zago, M., 2018. "Analysis of flow field design on vanadium redox flow battery performance: Development of 3D computational fluid dynamic model and experimental validation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C), pages 1057-1070.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:6:p:2846-:d:1101359. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.