US 11,734,470 B2
Intelligent volume meshing for modelling electrochemical processes
Leslie Edward John Bortels, Leuven (BE); and Bart Juul Wilhelmina Van Den Bossche, Leuven (BE)
Assigned to ELSYCA N.V., Leuven (BE)
Filed by Elsyca N.V., Leuven (BE)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/829,110.
Claims priority of application No. 16201975 (EP), filed on Dec. 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0157773 A1, Jun. 7, 2018
Int. Cl. G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 17/13 (2006.01); C25D 21/12 (2006.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [C25D 21/12 (2013.01); G06F 17/13 (2013.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for modelling an electrochemical process, the method comprising following steps:
generating, with a processor, a model of an object or set of objects in a container containing an electrolyte and counter electrodes, the container bounded by walls and the electrolyte bounded by the container walls, the counter electrodes and a meniscus,
enclosing the model of the object or the set of objects and a first portion of the electrolyte by a control surface generated by the processor, said control surface being surrounded by a second portion of the electrolyte;
generating a mesh on the control surface, said mesh comprising elements defining a discretized shape of the control surface;
generating, with the processor, a mesh on the object or set of objects, said mesh comprising elements defining a discretized shape of the object or set of objects;
generating, with the processor, a mesh on the container walls, counter electrode surfaces and electrolyte meniscus, said mesh comprising elements defining a discretized shape of the container walls, counter electrode surfaces and electrolyte meniscus;
generating, with the processor, a mesh of the first portion of the electrolyte contained within the control surface, said mesh comprising elements defining a discretized shape of the first portion of the electrolyte contained within the control surface;
generating, with the processor, a mesh of the second portion of the electrolyte surrounding the control surface, said mesh comprising elements defining a discretized shape of the second portion of the electrolyte surrounding the control surface; and
determining, with the processor, approximate and/or analytical solutions of partial differential equations describing said electrochemical process in each element of the mesh on the control surface, the mesh on the object or set of objects and/or the mesh of the second portion of the electrolyte surrounding the control surface.