Solutions for the metal-bath interface in aluminium electrolysis cells
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Bojarevics, Valdis and Pericleous, Koulis A. (2009) Solutions for the metal-bath interface in aluminium electrolysis cells. In: Light Metals 2009. TMS (The Minerals Metals and Materials Society), Warrendale, PA, pp. 569-574. ISBN 9780873397315
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Abstract
The dynamic MHD modelling package is applied to the simple test case presented recently by Severo, et al. in Light Metals 2008 [1]. The electrolyte channel effect is demonstrated to have a crucial effect determining the shape and size of the metal-bath interface deformation. A simple shallow water model allowing account of the channels is proposed. The problem is extended by a model of busbars in order to run the universal busbar design tool and to
apply it for the dynamic simulations. The interface stability is tested and compared for the channel effects. Results indicate a rotating wave instability without the channels and a sloshing wave instability with the channels.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | This paper forms part of the published proceedings from Light Metals 2009 - TMS 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibition February 15, 2009 - February 19, 2009 San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aluminium production, interface wave, MHD instability |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Systems Technology |
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| Last Modified: | 05 May 2011 16:10 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/4223 |
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