Abstract
Recent advances in theory, construction, operation, and application of dissolved oxygen (DO) electrodes are reviewed to assist those who use or intend to use them in such areas as biochemical engineering, microbiology, and environmental engineering. Basic operating principles of membrane-covered DO electrodes and oxygen microelectrodes are presented together with methods of construction, electrode component selection, and general design considerations. Methods of calibration and effects of temperature and liquid film on electrode performance are also discussed. Sources of measurement errors due to probe characteristics and the reaction in the liquid are discussed to illustrate some of the limitations of DO electrodes. The spacial resolution of oxygen microelectrodes in local concentration measurements is also discussed. Finally, the application of DO electrodes in measuring aeration capacity and oxygen solubility is reviewed.
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Abbreviations
- a:
-
gas-liquid interfacial area
- A:
-
surface area of cathode
- A1, A2 :
-
quantities defined in Eq. (47)
- B:
-
quantity defined in Eq. (61)
- B1, B2 :
-
thermistor constants defined in Eq. (48)
- c:
-
concentration of dissolved oxygen
- Cg :
-
inlet gaseous oxygen concentration
- C′g :
-
oxygen concentration in dispersed gas phase
- c0 :
-
bulk concentration
- c1 :
-
initial concentration
- c*:
-
equilibrium concentration
- de :
-
thickness of electrolyte layer
- dL :
-
thickness of liquid film
- dm :
-
thickness of membrane
- \(\mathop {d_t }\limits^ -\) :
-
equivalent thickness defined by Eq. (20)
- \(\mathop d\limits^ -\) :
-
equivalent thickness defined by Eq. (18)
- d′:
-
equivalent thickness defined by Eq. (5 3)
- De :
-
oxygen diffusivity of electrolyte layer
- DL :
-
oxygen diffusivity of liquid film
- Dm :
-
oxygen diffusivity of membrane
- D *m :
-
oxygen diffusivity of membrane at base temperature
- D0 :
-
oxygen diffusivity of medium
- D1, D2 :
-
oxygen diffusivities
- E:
-
activation energy for oxygen permeation
- ED :
-
activation energy for oxygen diffusion
- F:
-
Faraday's constant (96,500 coulombs/g-equivalent)
- G:
-
gas flow rate
- H:
-
Henry's Law constant
- H:
-
heat of solution
- I:
-
oxygen current
- IG :
-
probe current in gas phase
- IL :
-
probe current in liquid phase
- Is :
-
steady-state current
- It :
-
transient current
- IT :
-
oxygen current as function of temperature
- J:
-
oxygen flux
- k:
-
probe constant defined by Eqs. (11) or (19)
- ke :
-
mass transfer coefficient of electrolyte layer
- kL :
-
liquid phase mass transfer coefficient
- kLM :
-
mass transfer coefficient of liquid film around membrane
- KM :
-
Michaelis-Menten constant
- km :
-
mass transfer coefficient of membrane
- k0 :
-
zeroth order reaction constant
- K0 :
-
overall mass transfer coefficient
- L:
-
quantity defined by Eq. (55)
- N:
-
number of electrons per mole of oxygen reduced
- p:
-
oxygen partial pressure
- pe :
-
oxygen partial pressure at electrolyte/membrane interface
- pm :
-
oxygen partial pressure at membrane/liquid interface
- p′m :
-
xygen partial pressure defined by Eq. (57)
- p0 :
-
oxygen partial pressure of bulk medium
- Pe :
-
oxygen permeability of electrolyte layer
- PL :
-
oxygen permeability of liquid film
- Pm :
-
oxygen permeability of membrane
- r:
-
distance from center of cathode
- r0 :
-
radius of cathode
- R:
-
gas law constant or reaction rate
- RL :
-
oad resistance
- RT :
-
resistance of thermistor
- s:
-
quantity defined by Eq. (29)
- Sm :
-
oxygen solubility of membrane
- S *m :
-
oxygen solubility of membrane at base temperature
- S0 :
-
oxygen solubility of medium
- Sw :
-
oxygen solubility of water
- t:
-
time
- T:
-
absolute temperature
- v:
-
liquid velocity
- vc :
-
critical liquid velocity
- V:
-
voltage drop
- Vg :
-
volume of gas absorbed
- VG :
-
volume of dispersed gas phase
- VL :
-
volume of liquid
- Vs :
-
volume of absorbing solvent
- VT :
-
voltage drop across thermistor
- x:
-
distance from the surface of cathode
- a:
-
Bunsen coefficient defined by Eq. (36)
- μ1, μ2:
-
liquid viscosities
- Γ95% :
-
95% response time
- Γ:
-
normalized probe response defined by Eq. (39)
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Lee, Y.H., Tsao, G.T. (1979). Dissolved oxygen electrodes. In: Ghose, T.K., Blakebrough, N., Fiechter, A. (eds) Advances in Biochemical Engineering, Volume 13. Advances in Biochemical Engineering, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540094687_6
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