SBIR/STTR Research Award
MODELING & SIMULATION OF ELECTROLYTIC CELLS
Award amount
$384,972Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Helipump Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED MODEL FOR SIMULATING ELECTROLYTIC CELLS WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE MODEL WILL PROVIDE THE TOTAL CURRENT AND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN THE CELL, THE DEPOSIT THICKNESS ALONG THE ELECTRODE, THE OVERPOTENTIAL COMPONENTS,THE OVERALL CELL RESISTANCE AND THE POWER DISSIPATION AS FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM PARAMETERS. THE LATTER INCLUDES THE APPLIED CELL POTENTIAL OR THE TOTAL CURRENT, THE ELECTRODE KINETICS, THE ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND ITS CIRCULATION RATE, AND THE CELL CONFIGURATION. ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM WILL BE APPLICABLE TO ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS IN GENERAL, ELECTROWINNING AND ELECTRO-REFINING CELLS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERED.
Technology keywords
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