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Abstract

Aluminium cells involve a range of complex physical processes which act simultaneously to provide a narrow satisfactory operating range. These processes involve electromagnetic fields, coupled with heat transfer and phase change, two phase fluid flow with a range of complexities plus the development of stress in the cell structure. All of these phenomena are coupled in some significant sense and so to provide a comprehensive model of these processes involves their representation simultaneously. Conventionally, aspects of the process have been modeled separately using uncoupled estimates of the effects of the other phenomena; this has enabled the use of standard commercial CFD and FEA tools. In this paper we will describe an approach to the modeling of aluminium cells which describes all the physics simultaneously. This approach uses a finite volume approximation for each of the phenomena and facilitates their interactions directly in the modeling-the complex geometries involved are addressed by using unstructured meshes. The very challenging issues to be overcome in this venture will be outlined and some preliminary results will be shown.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified:	27 Apr 2020 22:56
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/284

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