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T1 Modelling mass transport of reactive species in porous electrodes of redox flow batteries
A1 Muñoz Lorente, Miguel
AB In the recent years, every area of engineering related to energy has found a strong limitationin the field of energy storage. The main problem has appeared with the emergence ofrenewable generation, which provides cleaner and cheaper energy, but triggers managementdifficulties to the system operators. Also, the need to find compact energy storagesystems has become an urgent demand in sectors like transport. Finally, there is an importantcommitment for the big energy consumers to increase their energetic efficiency,and the energy storage systems are specially suitable for this purpose. In this thesis, thetopic of energy storage will be dealt from the perspective of an emergent technology: theRedox Flow Batteries. The aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge on the fieldof the performance of such batteries inside the scientific community. The focus of thestudy will be the mass transport phenomena that occurs inside the electrodes in which theredox chemical reaction that provides the electric energy takes place.The model of the redox flow battery has been developed from the traditional batteries, inwhich a porous media catalyzed the reaction of the species. The main feature that contributedto the initial success of the idea of the RFB was the capability that this type ofsystems showed to decouple energy from power. However, the models were optimizedfor the past technologies, but not for the flow batteries. The aim of this study is to understandthe parameters underlying the tranport phenomena in the electrodes and theireffects. Such knowledge can be completed with other reaserch projects in which othercharacteristics of the flow batteries are studied, and finally a complete model can be builtin order to optimize the overall performance of the RFBs.
YR 2019
FD 2019-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31975
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/31975
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 27 jul. 2024