Bojarevics, Valdis ORCID: 0000-0002-7326-7748 and Tucs, Andrejs (2018) Large scale liquid metal batteries. Magnetohydrodynamics, 53 (4). pp. 677-685. ISSN 0024-998X

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Abstract

Liquid metal batteries are possible candidates for large scale energy storage offering a possible breakthrough of intermittent wind and solar energy exploitations. The major concern over their practical implementation is the operation at elevated temperatures and sensitivity to liquid motion. The concept of liquid metal battery bears a close similarity to aluminium electrolytic production cells. The two liquid layer MHD effects can be projected to the three liquid layer self-segregated structure of the batteries. This paper presents numerical models for the three density-stratified electrically conductive liquid layers using 3D and shallow layer approximation accounting for specific MHD effects during periods of battery activity. It is demonstrated that a stable operation of these batteries can be achieved if reusing an infrastructure of existing aluminium electrolysis pot lines. The basic principles of the MHD processes in the cells are illustrated by the numerical example cases.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	A.Tucs acknowledges the Ph.D. scholarship VCS-ACH-16-14 from the vice-chancellor of the University of Greenwich
Uncontrolled Keywords:	energy storage, liquid metal batteries, magneto-hydrodynamics of liquid metals
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis (CNMPA) Faculty of Engineering & Science > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis (CNMPA) > Computational Science & Engineering Group (CSEG) Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Faculty of Engineering & Science
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2022 13:07
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/19597

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