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The aluminium–air (Al-air) battery is one of the demanded batteries as it is safe and efficient to power up an electronic device. However, the corrosion behaviour due to the hydrogen gas released from the aluminium anodes is a critical issue that must be considered in the Al-air battery development. This paper is aimed to establish an Al-air battery single-cell model and to simulate the hydrogen gas release by using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. As a result, the pressure distribution and velocity profile inside the Al-air battery are being studied. These two measured parameters are closely significant indicators towards the corrosion behaviour. Controlling the fluid behaviour inside the Al-air battery by using the SPH method is another way to improve the performance of the battery.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this research work by Yayasan Tengku Abdullah Scholarship (YTAS), Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute (UniKL MSI) and System Engineering and Energy Laboratory (SEELab).
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Osman, F., Abu Bakar, M.H. (2020). Numerical Analysis of Multiphase Electrolyte Flows in an Al-Air Battery Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics. In: Abu Bakar, M., Azwa Zamri, F., Öchsner, A. (eds) Progress in Engineering Technology II. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 131. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46036-5_9
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