Open AccessNONISOTHERMAL SIMULATION OF ELECTRODEPOSITION
Author(s) -
Tahseen A. Al-Hattab,
S.K. Ajjam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the iraqi journal for mechanical and materials engineering/maǧallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-l-handasaẗ al-mīkānīkiyyaẗ wa-handasaẗ al-mawādd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-3783
pISSN - 1819-2076
DOI - 10.32852/iqjfmme.v22i1.586
Subject(s) - isothermal process , monte carlo method , kinetic monte carlo , deposition (geology) , materials science , electrolyte , diffusion , statistical physics , surface diffusion , electrochemistry , adsorption , thermodynamics , finite element method , mass transport , kinetic energy , particle deposition , mechanics , physics , chemistry , mathematics , classical mechanics , electrode , paleontology , statistics , engineering physics , sediment , biology
The simulation of electrochemical deposition is developed by using a non-isothermal model. The model consists of two parts; the first is a continuum part that simulates the transport of heat and mass and the voltage distributions, and the second is a stochastic noncontinuum part that simulates the bulk diffusion, surface diffusion, and adsorption of the particles. The finite element method is used to solve the differential-algebraic governing equations of the continuum part whereas the Kinetic Monte Carlo method is used to simulate the particle actions in the non-continuum part. The model is applied to the electrodeposition of Zn in ZnSO4 additive-free electrolyte. A comparison is made between the experimental and the simulated results including the surface morphology and the temperature distributions. The results indicated that the simulation model is very promising to be used for such a complicated process.