A simulation of magneto-hydrostatic phenomena in thin liquid layers of an aluminum electrolytic cell

Author

Chechurin, Vladimir ; Kalimov, Alexander ; Minevich, Leonid ; Svedentsov, Michail ; Repetto, Maurizio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Theor. Electrotech., St. Petersburg State Tech. Univ., Russia

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1309

Lastpage

1312

Abstract

Technical and economical performances of an aluminum industrial electrolytic cell directly depend on the magnetohydrodynamic effects in thin liquid layers of molten aluminum and electrolyte. In this paper we describe a magneto-hydrostatic model of the cell-the first approach to the solution of a global MHD problem. To calculate the magnetic field in this model we use an improved formulation of the integro-differential method, based on the magnetic scalar potential

Keywords

aluminium; electrolysis; hydrostatics; integro-differential equations; magnetohydrodynamics; metallurgical industries; Al; aluminum industrial electrolytic cell; computer simulation; current density; integro-differential equation; liquid layer; magnetic field; magnetic scalar potential; magneto-hydrostatic model; magnetohydrodynamics; molten metal; Aluminum; Anodes; Cathodes; Current density; Current distribution; Finite element methods; Magnetohydrodynamics; Magnetostatics; Metals industry; Production;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.877680

Filename

877680