Structure-preserving schemes for drift-diffusion systems on general meshes: DDFV vs HFV

Abstract: We made a comparison between a Discrete Duality Finite Volume (DDFV) scheme and a Hybrid Finite Volume (HFV) scheme for a drift-diffusion model with mixed boundary conditions on general meshes. Both schemes are based on a nonlinear discretisation of the convection-diffusion fluxes, which ensures the positivity of the discrete densities. We investigate the behaviours of the schemes on various numerical test cases.