Magnetic modelling and magneto‐hydro‐dynamic simulations of an aluminium production electrolytic cell

• M. Chiampi ^[1] ; M. Repetto ^[1] ; V. Chechurin ^[3] ; A. Kalimov ^[3] ; L. Leboucher ^[2]
  1. [1] Polytechnic University of Turin

     Polytechnic University of Turin

     Torino, Italia

     
  2. [2] University of Greenwich

     University of Greenwich

     Reino Unido

     
  3. [3] Department of Theoretical Electrotechnics, State Technical University of St Petersburg, Rusia

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• Localización: Compel: International journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, ISSN 0332-1649, Vol. 18, Nº 3, 1999, págs. 528-538
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A simulation of the motion of molten aluminium inside an electrolytic cell is presented.

    Since the driving term of the aluminium motion is the Lorentz (j B) body force acting within the fluid,this problem involves the solution of the magneto-hydro-dynamic equations. Different solver modules for the magnetic field computation and for the fluid motion simulation are coupled together. The interactions of all these are presented and discussed.