Characterization of oxygen transport phenomena on BSCF membranes assisted by fluid dynamic simulations including surface exchange

[EN] The influence of fluid dynamic conditions on the oxygen transport through mixed ionic-electronic membranes was studied experimentally and numerically. A set of permeation experiments was performed in a wide range of operating conditions combining temperature, driving force and flow rate of air...

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Autores: Catalán-Martínez, David, García-Fayos, Julio, Santafé Moros, María Asunción|||0000-0002-0933-108X, Gozálvez-Zafrilla, José M.|||0000-0003-4419-6765, Serra Alfaro, José Manuel|||0000-0002-1515-1106
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/165904
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/165904
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:O2 MIEC membrane
BSCF
CFD
Permeation
Modelling
INGENIERIA QUIMICA
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Sumario:[EN] The influence of fluid dynamic conditions on the oxygen transport through mixed ionic-electronic membranes was studied experimentally and numerically. A set of permeation experiments was performed in a wide range of operating conditions combining temperature, driving force and flow rate of air feed and sweep streams. A computational model was built and enabled to systematically evaluate the effect of the fluid dynamic conditions on O-2 separation process. This model includes the surface resistance (gas exchange kinetics) and bulk oxygen-ion diffusion. The experimental set was used to obtain the model parameters by following a two-step fitting procedure: a first fitting of a simplified one-dimensional model using genetic algorithms and a subsequent refining of the parameters using the complete model implemented in COMSOL Multiphysics. The high-accuracy model allowed characterizing the O-2 transport phenomena and understanding the different factors governing the overall process, e.g. by using different membrane thicknesses, sweep gases or vacuum. Simulations of the fitted model revealed the importance of the sweep effect in the O-2 transport across the membrane and enabled to establish rules for both design of permeation experiments and up-scaling.