Aplicaci\'on Gr\'afica para el estudio de un Modelo de Celda Electrol\'itica usando T\'ecnicas de Visualizaci\'on de Campos Vectoriales

TL;DR

This paper introduces EWCellCAD, a 3D simulation tool for electrochemical cells with floating electrodes, featuring advanced visualization and a new analytical potential estimation method, improving accuracy and speed over previous models.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel 3D modeling approach and an analytical method for floating electrodes, enhancing simulation accuracy and computational efficiency in electrochemical cell analysis.

Findings

Accelerated calculations by several orders of magnitude.

Improved accuracy in potential estimation for floating electrodes.

Enhanced visualization of vector fields using flow lines.

Abstract

The use of floating bipolar electrodes in copper electro-winning cells represents an emerging technology that promises economic and operational impacts. This thesis presents EWCellCAD, a computational tool designed for the simulation and analysis of these electrochemical systems. Based on the generalization and optimization of an existing 2D finite difference model for calculating electrical variables in rectangular cells, EWCellCAD implements a new 3D model capable of processing complex geometries, not necessarily rectangular, which also accelerates calculations by several orders of magnitude. At the same time, a new analytical method for estimating potentials in floating electrodes is introduced, overcoming the inaccuracies of previous heuristic approaches. The analysis of the results is supported by an interactive visualization technique of three-dimensional vector fields as flow lines.