Electrolyte flow characteristics of seawater activated battery
To address the challenges of uneven electrolyte distribution among the plates of seawater activated battery and electrolyte flow adaptation,a new bio-inspired antler-like channel structure was proposed.Through orthogonal design and computational fluid dynamics(CFD)method,the flow characteristics and optimization of electrolyte flow path in seawater activated battery were studied under the interaction of multiple factors.The results show that the most impact on the characteristics of electrolyte liquid is the number of flow channels,followed by electrolytic liquid flow and flow channels.The best matching values are the number of channels,the flow rate of electrolyte and the deflection angle of flow channels are 12,200 ml/min and 20°,respectively.After the optimization of the flow channel structure,the uniformity of electrolyte distribution between plates is obviously improved,and the peak regulation efficiency reaches 36.2%.The research results can provide reference value for the optimization design of seawater activated battery flow channel structure.