Publications

Updated November 2024.

Journal Articles

  1. A. Balaji-Wright, J. Wu, A. N. Shocron, A. G. Dana, M. Suss, and A. Mani, “Understanding degradation of capacitive deionization cells: Full–cell simulations with anode corrosion,” Desalination, vol. 587, p. 117924, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2024.117924.
  2. A. Balaji-Wright, F. Stockmeier, R. Dunkel, M. Wessling, and A. Mani, “Measurement of an eddy diffusivity for chaotic electroconvection using combined computational and experimental techniques,” Phys. Rev. Fluids, vol. 9, p. 023701, 2024. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.023701.
  3. A. Balaji-Wright, K. Disselkoen, M. A. Khanwale, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “Modeling intermixed hydrophobic/hydrophilic electroreduction catalysts, part i: Model construction and validation,” In preparation, 2024.
  4. A. Balaji-Wright, K. Disselkoen, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “Modeling intermixed hydrophobic/hydrophilic electrore-duction catalysts, part ii: Co 2 reduction study,” In preparation, 2024.
  5. A. Balaji-Wright and A. Mani, “Proton shuttling mechanism in forward–biased bipolar membranes with weak acid electrolytes,” In preparation, 2024.
  6. A. Balaji, S. Mirjalili, and A. Mani, “On ac electrokinetics in the regime of high voltage and high ion diffusivity ratio,” Center for Turbulence Research Annual Research Briefs, pp. 333–346, 2019. Available: http://web.stanford.edu/group/ctr/ResBriefs/2019/26_Balaji.pdf.

Invited Talks

  1. A. Balaji-Wright, “Models and methods for simulation of electrochemical separations: Balancing fidelity, accuracy, and cost,” presented at the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Biology Seminar, New York, NY, 2024.

Contributed Conference Talks

  1. A. Balaji-Wright, K. Disselkoen, M. Khanwale, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “Homogenized modeling of CO2/CO reduction catalyst microenvironments with intermixed hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions,” presented at the 245th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2024.
  2. A. Balaji-Wright, K. Disselkoen, M. Khanwale, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “Multiphase transport in electrochemical CO2 reduction cells: A simple model for complex catalyst structures,” presented at the Stanford Thermal and Fluid Sciences Affiliates Conference, Stanford, CA, 2024.
  3. A. Balaji-Wright, K. Disselkoen, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “A homogenized model for multi-phase transport and reaction processes in electrochemical CO2 reduction at gas diffusion electrodes,” presented at the 76th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, D.C., 2023.
  4. A. Balaji, F. Stockmeier, M. Wessling, and A. Mani, “Measurement and evaluation of effective mixing diffusivity due to chaotic three–dimensional electroconvection,” presented at the 75th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN, 2022.
  5. K. Disselkoen, A. Balaji, M. Kanan, and A. Mani, “Modeling the performance of high carbon concentration electrolytes at CO2 electrolysis cathodes,” presented at the 75th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN, 2022.
  6. A. Balaji and A. Mani, “Modeling and simulation of multi–layered electrochemical cells,” presented at the 74th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ, 2021.
  7. A. Balaji, S. Mirjalili, and A. Mani, “On fluid modeling of plasmas and connections to aqueous electrokinetics,” presented at the 73rd Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, (virtual), 2020.
  8. A. Balaji, S. Mirjalili, and A. Mani, “Ac electrokinetics in the limits of extremely high voltage and ion-asymmetry,” presented at the 72nd Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, 2019.
  9. A. Balaji and A. Mani, “Assessment of a reduced-order model for electroconvective flows and applications in optimization,” presented at the 71st Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta, GA, 2018.
  10. A. Balaji, M. Fu, and M. Hultmark, “Slip length of liquid-infused surfaces in high aspect-ratio microchannels,” presented at the 69th Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Portland, OR, 2016.

Contributed Conference Posters

  1. A. Balaji-Wright, F. Stockmeier, R. Dunkel, M. Wessling, and A. Mani, “Measurement of an eddy diffusivity for chaotic electroconvection,” presented at the 15th Meeting of the International Electrokinetics Society, Sevilla, ESP, 2024.