Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System

Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System

This paper describes the experimental characterization of a 25 cm2 laboratory scale vanadium redox flow battery (V-RFB). The unit cell performance with respect to voltage, coulombic and energy efficiencies under different performance parameters (current densities, operating temperatures, flow rates,...

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Main Authors: Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed, P. K., Leung, M. H., Sulaiman
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Published: Elsevier 2015
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QD Chemistry
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spelling ump-74952018-03-07T04:24:28Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7495/ Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed P. K., Leung M. H., Sulaiman TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering QD Chemistry This paper describes the experimental characterization of a 25 cm2 laboratory scale vanadium redox flow battery (V-RFB). The unit cell performance with respect to voltage, coulombic and energy efficiencies under different performance parameters (current densities, operating temperatures, flow rates, electrolyte concentrations and material properties of 5 cm × 5 cm electrodes) are presented. The cell exhibits different characteristics under different operating parameters; the highest energy efficiency is recorded at c.a. 82%, operating at 308 K, 60 mA cm−2 and 3 cm3 s−1 volumetric flow rate for 250 cm3 electrolytes (each reservoir) of 1.6 mol dm−3V(III)/V(IV) in 4 mol dm−3 H2SO4. Formation charge of the mixture of vanadium species into single electro-active species at positive and negative electrodes are presented. Estimated time for the electro-active species to complete the formation charge using electrochemical calculation of Faraday’s constant are presented; a discrepancy of 4.5% is found between the theoretical and experimental data using current density of 80 mA cm−2. Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed and P. K., Leung and M. H., Sulaiman (2015) Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System. Applied Energy, 137. pp. 402-412. ISSN 0306-2619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.042 DOI. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.042
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QD Chemistry
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QD Chemistry
Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed
P. K., Leung
M. H., Sulaiman
Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
description This paper describes the experimental characterization of a 25 cm2 laboratory scale vanadium redox flow battery (V-RFB). The unit cell performance with respect to voltage, coulombic and energy efficiencies under different performance parameters (current densities, operating temperatures, flow rates, electrolyte concentrations and material properties of 5 cm × 5 cm electrodes) are presented. The cell exhibits different characteristics under different operating parameters; the highest energy efficiency is recorded at c.a. 82%, operating at 308 K, 60 mA cm−2 and 3 cm3 s−1 volumetric flow rate for 250 cm3 electrolytes (each reservoir) of 1.6 mol dm−3V(III)/V(IV) in 4 mol dm−3 H2SO4. Formation charge of the mixture of vanadium species into single electro-active species at positive and negative electrodes are presented. Estimated time for the electro-active species to complete the formation charge using electrochemical calculation of Faraday’s constant are presented; a discrepancy of 4.5% is found between the theoretical and experimental data using current density of 80 mA cm−2.
format Article
author Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed
P. K., Leung
M. H., Sulaiman
author_facet Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed
P. K., Leung
M. H., Sulaiman
author_sort Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed
title Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
title_short Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
title_full Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
title_fullStr Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
title_full_unstemmed Performance Characterization of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery at Different Operating Parameters under a Standardized Test-Bed System
title_sort performance characterization of a vanadium redox flow battery at different operating parameters under a standardized test-bed system
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
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