Method development for the analysis of electrochemical and transport processes in redox flow batteries at practical operating conditions

The focus of this thesis is the development and assessment of techniques for the analysis of electrochemical and transport processes in redox flow batteries (RFBs) at moderate to high active species concentrations under direct current conditions. RFBs hold promise as an energy-intensive storage technology suitable for supporting the integration of intermittent renewable energy sources into the grid, but further improvements in technical performance and reductions in system cost are needed for broad deployment. At their core, all thesis projects are aimed at enabling the development of system descriptors that correlate material properties (e.g., viscosity, conductivity), cell geometry (e.g., flow field design), and operating parameters (e.g., flow rate, current density) to system performance metrics, such as cycle efficiencies and area-specific resistance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Barton, John Leonard.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Fikile R. Brushett.

• Chemical Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121901

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/121901