Abstract
The scale-up of a mathematical model of a (10 dm3) pilot-plant zinc electrowinning cells is considered. All scale-up effects considered were relatively small in magnitude and their inclusion required only readily available full-size cell data. Excellent agreement was obtained between the model predictions and experimental results from an (instrumented) operational full-size cell.
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Barton, G.W., Scott, A.C. Scale-up effects in modelling a full-size zinc electrowinning cell. J Appl Electrochem 22, 687–692 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027494
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