@misc{4e868bb79da144d787a2f201fd446265,
title = "Electrochemical Reaction Engineering: A Lost (and Found) Art",
abstract = "The heart (or, perhaps more appropriately, the stomach) of any chemical manufacturing process is the reactor, where chemical and physical transformations occur under precisely controlled conditions. For non-electrochemical industrial processes, the design, optimization and operation of chemical reactors are extremely well developed, drawing upon the principles of chemistry, physics, calculus and economics. However, electrolytic processes face a dearth of well documented reaction engineering principles and design practices. This tutorial-style poster presentation introduces electrochemistry students and industrial practitioners to the {"}lost art{"} of reaction engineering and its organic extensions to electrochemical devices. Electrochemical reactor fundamentals and illustrative design equations are presented alongside a proposed five-step generalizable methodology for electrochemical reactor scale-up. Overall, this contribution seeks to educate electrochemistry researchers on practical means of reducing laboratory technologies to commercial practice.",
keywords = "electrochemistry, electrolysis, reaction engineering, scale-up, transport phenomena",
author = "Nicholas Thornburg",
year = "2024",
language = "American English",
series = "Presented at the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, 7-12 January 2024, Ventura, California",
publisher = "National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)",
address = "United States",
type = "Other",
}