The 3D Printing of a Polymeric Electrochemical Cell Body and its Characterisation

An undivided flow cell was designed and constructed using additive manufacturing technology and its mass transport characteristics were evaluated using the reduction of ferricyanide, hexacyanoferrate (III) ions at a nickel surface. The dimensionless mass transfer correlation Sh = aRebScdLee was obta...

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Published in:Chemical engineering transactions 2014-01, Vol.41
Main Authors: C. Ponce De Leon, W. Hussey, F. Frazao, D. Jones, E. Ruggeri, S. Tzortzatos, R. Mckerracher, R.G.A. Wills, S. Yangb, F. Walsh
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Language:English
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Summary:An undivided flow cell was designed and constructed using additive manufacturing technology and its mass transport characteristics were evaluated using the reduction of ferricyanide, hexacyanoferrate (III) ions at a nickel surface. The dimensionless mass transfer correlation Sh = aRebScdLee was obtained usingthe convective-diffusion limiting current observed in linear sweep voltammetry; this correlation compared closely with that reported in the literature from traditionally machined plane parallel rectangular flow channel reactors. The ability of 3D printer technology, aided by computational graphics, to rapidly and conveniently design, manufacture and re-design the geometrical characteristics of the flow cell is highlighted.
ISSN:2283-9216
DOI:10.3303/CET1441001