Lattice Boltzmann modeling of transport phenomena in fuel cells and flow batteries

Acta Mechanica Sinica - Tập 33 - Trang 555-574 - 2017
Ao Xu1, Wei Shyy1, Tianshou Zhao1
1HKUST Energy Institute, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Tóm tắt

Fuel cells and flow batteries are promising technologies to address climate change and air pollution problems. An understanding of the complex multiscale and multiphysics transport phenomena occurring in these electrochemical systems requires powerful numerical tools. Over the past decades, the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method has attracted broad interest in the computational fluid dynamics and the numerical heat transfer communities, primarily due to its kinetic nature making it appropriate for modeling complex multiphase transport phenomena. More importantly, the LB method fits well with parallel computing due to its locality feature, which is required for large-scale engineering applications. In this article, we review the LB method for gas–liquid two-phase flows, coupled fluid flow and mass transport in porous media, and particulate flows. Examples of applications are provided in fuel cells and flow batteries. Further developments of the LB method are also outlined.

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