See How Modeling and Simulation Is Used Across Industries
Multiphysics modeling and simulation drives innovation across industries and academia — as is evidenced by the many uses showcased in the technical papers and posters presented by engineers, researchers, and scientists at the COMSOL Conference each year.
Draw inspiration from the recent proceedings collected below, or, to find a specific presentation or filter by application area or conference year/location, use the Quick Search tool.
View the COMSOL Conference 2025 Collection
Introduction: The drawbacks of most commercial “advanced battery” solutions are high price, danger, and low recyclability. The most cost efficient, environmental-friendly, and safest solutions so far is based on lead-acid electrochemistry, a proven technology for more than 150 years. Key ... Read More
Introduction: Recently, Li-ion battery is being widely used as power source for various applications from electronic gadgets to automotive industry. The performance and cycle life of Li-ion battery are becoming gradually important issues as the applications are shifting from small scale ... Read More
With a view to estimating electrical characteristics of a Polymer Li-ion Battery during specific charge and discharge conditions, a COMSOL Multiphysics® model has been developed that accounts for electrochemical phenomena inside the device. Cell model has been created using the Li-Ion ... Read More
Abstract: A 3.2V/10Ah LFP aluminum-laminated batteries are chosen as the target of the present study. A three-dimensional thermal simulation model is established based on finite element theory and proceeding from the internal heat generation of the battery[13]. The study illustrates a ... Read More
A 3D (three-dimensional) model of a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) with interdigitated flow channel design is proposed to study the distributions of fluid pressure, electric potential, current density and over-potential during operation. The performance of a VRFB with and without ... Read More
In general battery cells are charged/discharged using constant current or constant power expressed as C-Rates and P-Rates respectively. We are developing a single cell-level Li-Ion battery model in order to simulate the performance and the physicochemical phenomena under power ... Read More
The purpose of this work is to show whether an important difference in Lithium solid concentration and electrolyte concentration can be observed in a Lithium-ion battery model, when considering either the Butler-Volmer kinetics or the Tafel kinetics for describing the electrode kinetics ... Read More
Dr. Bernardi is a Research Engineer with Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. Her research focuses on the analysis and simulation of electrochemical energy-storage and conversion systems. In particular, Dr. Bernardi develops mathematical models that predict system behavior and identify ... Read More
The adoption of micro- and nanostructured electrodes is a promising technique to improve the performance of Li-ion battery, which increases the electrode surface area and improves the efficiency of ion exchange between the electrode and electrolyte. This performance improvement is ... Read More
在所有电池系统中，锂氧电池的理论比能量最高，而实际比能量却明显不足。阻碍氧和/或电子传递导致多孔空气电极的有限利用，而实现对电化学和质量传递耦合的定量理解是具有挑战性的。本文首创了一种具有高度一致和可控通道单元的多孔电极，该电极排除了无序孔隙的随机性，从而能够研究控制机制。通过comsol建立了一个动态非均质模型，提供了LiO2的第一个时空分布，揭示了其在有限电子输运下的反向扩散轨迹。实验和模型的协同结合确定了通道尺寸在分为质量，杂交和电子传递控制的机制中的关键作用。对于大孔隙来说，提高Li2O2的导电性和减轻固液界面损伤比增强氧的扩散更为迫切 ... Read More