Concentration losses

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The HPLC assay is fully coupled to the impurities A-D on the assumption that there is a direct competition between the major component and some impurity-producing reaction pathways. The basis-value 99 was introduced to simulate other concentration losses that were not accounted for by impurities A-D. 

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Figure 8. Effect of rehydration pH on concentration loss in static tests...

Figure 9. Static test - Concentration loss (coarse sand)...

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As in the case with PAFC s, voltage obtained from an AFC is affected by ohmic, activation, and concentration losses. Figure 4-7 presents data obtained in the 1960 s (18) which summarizes these effects, excluding ohmic losses, for a catalyzed reaction (0.5-2.0 mg noble metal/cm ) with carbon-based porous electrodes for H2 oxidation and O2 reduction in 9 N KOH at 55-60 C. The electrode technology was similar to that employed in the fabrication of PAFC electrodes. Performance of AFC s with carbon-based electrodes has not changed dramatically since these early results were obtained. 

The voltage that can be obtained from a PAFC is reduced by ohmic, activation, and concentration losses that increase with increasing current density. The magnitude of this loss can be approximated by the following equations ... 

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Experimental evidence for this is given for quartz in Figure 11. Evaluating the concentration losses in these tests, we find that the decrease of silicic acid concentration levels off after about two or three molecular layers of acid have been adsorbed on the quartz surface. Similar results were obtained with the other crystalline modifications. 

In order to clarify the meaning of the concentration losses, Figure 3.5 represents, in a 2D domain, the mass transport phenomena within an SOFC. 

Since both OCV and activation overpotential depend on some gas species concentration, and since in a PEN lumped structure the mass transport cannot be directly modeled within the domain thickness, the so-called concentration losses are introduced. They represent the voltage reduction due to the fact that the gas species concentration reacting in the reaction zone is different from that used in the calculation (i.e. the concentration relative to the gas channel, also referred to as the bulk ). 

In calculating the concentration losses, however, the effect of mass transport on the activation losses is usually neglected, thus they are defined as ... 

As explained in Section 3.3, concentration loss represents the voltage reduction due to mass transport of the gas species through the electrodes. The main result of the mass transfer in a porous electrode, in fact, is that concentration of the gas species in the reaction zone is different from that in the gas channel. The mathematical expression for the concentration loss is given by Equation (3.77)... 

In order to calculate the concentration loss, according to Equation (3.77), a relationship between partial pressure of a gas species at the reaction zone and at the bulk is required. This relationship is provided by the equations regulating mass transport in porous media, as defined in Section 3.3.2. 

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This is in every respect similar to Fick s law, with the following interpretation The time rate of change of concentration (loss in weight dw of a particle per given time) at any instant is proportional to the surface S of the particle, the difference in concentration of a saturated solution C ... 

The operational cell voltage is the difference between the potentials of the cathode and the anode (as these potentials are altered due to the corresponding activation and concentration losses of each electrode) minus the ohmic losses, of the various stack components ... 

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