Research progresses in modeling and simulation for all vanadium redox flow battery

The modeling and simulation of all vanadium redox flow battery(VRB)is the foundation for design,scale-up,control and optimization.According to the complexity of the VRB models,progresses of empirical and semi-empirical models are introduced.The developing theoretical models are analyzed.Compared with the advantages and the disadvantages of each model,it indicates that future modeling and simulation research should focus on building much more exact and authentic model and incorporating in the control system for practical applications.Meanwhile,the VRB models should also develop from single cell to stack,module and system.