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Modelling induction skull melting design modifications

Modelling induction skull melting design modifications

Bojarevics, V. ORCID: 0000-0002-7326-7748 and Pericleous, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-7426-9999 (2004) Modelling induction skull melting design modifications. Journal of Materials Science, 39 (24). pp. 7245-7251. ISSN 0022-2461 (Print), 1573-4803 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JMSC.0000048738.06025.9b)

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Abstract

Induction Skull Melting (ISM) is used for heating, melting, mixing and, possibly, evaporating reactive liquid metals at high temperatures when a minimum contact at solid walls is required. The numerical model presented here involves the complete time dependent process analysis based on the coupled electromagnetic, temperature and turbulent velocity fields during the melting and liquid shape changes. The simulation is validated against measurements of liquid metal height, temperature and heat losses in a commercial size ISM furnace. The often observed limiting temperature plateau for ever increasing electrical power input is explained by the turbulent convective heat losses. Various methods to increase the superheat within the liquid melt, the process energy efficiency and stability are proposed.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: [1] This paper was first presented at the 2003 International Symposium on Liquid Metals. [2] Paper published in Journal of Materials Science (December 2004), Volume 39, Number 24 - issue entitled "Special Section: Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Liquid Metals."
Uncontrolled Keywords: induction skull melting (ISM), liquid melt, solid walls, turbulent velocity fields
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Pre-2014 Departments: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Science & Engineering Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Systems Technology
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 27 Apr 2020 22:56
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/832

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