Engines, electrochemical

Reaction Engineering. Electrochemical reaction engineering considers the performance of the overall cell design ia carrying out a reaction. The joining of electrode kinetics with the physical environment of the reaction provides a description of the reaction system. Both the electrode configuration and the reactant flow patterns are taken iato account. More ia-depth treatments of this topic are available (8,9,10,12). 

Walter F. Podolski, Ph.D., Chemical Engineer, Electrochemical Technology Program, Argonne National Laboratory Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Section 27, Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization)... 

In addition to providing a survey of previous studies, it is also the purpose of this chapter is to explore new avenues of potential applications to various electrochemical phenomena. A condensed theoretical background is first presented, and followed by a Markovian treatment of selected processes and phenomena of interest to electrochemists, electrochemical engineers, electrochemical technologists, and technical managers involved with electrochemical plants. Multidimensional analysis is excluded, however, from this essentially whetting the appetite exercise. Material in Section V relies heavily on author s personal (and hitherto unpublished) research. The presentation, although by no means exhaustive, intends to focus on basic concepts, potential utility and new horizons, rather than to pursue completeness. 

From the point of view of process engineering, electrochemical reactions offer a number of advantages conversion, reaction rate, and, within certain limits, selectivities can be influenced and easily controlled by means of additional parameters, such as current density and charge. Electrochemical reactions take place under mild... 

Walsh, F. A First Course in Electrochemical Engineering. Electrochemical Consultancy, Romsey, 1993. 

Based on the fundamental principles of electrochemical engineering (electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics), the fuel cell polarization curves can easily be understood. 

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