Thermo-electric field analysis on heat recovery aluminum reduction cell

Author

Tao, Wenju ; Wang, Zhaowen ; Zhao, Zhibin ; Gao, Bingliang ; Shi, Zhongning ; Hu, Xianwei ; Yu, Yaxin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mater. & Metall., Northeastern Univ., Shenyang, China

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The distribution of the electricity and the thermal field directly affects the stability, current efficiency and energy consumption of electrolysis cells. In this paper, by using finite element software ANSYS, the thermoelectric field of 2000 A heat recovery aluminum reduction cell model was built. Through the use of APDL, a parametric model was established and then the thermoelectric field was simulated. The results indicate that the model is accurate. On the basis of the established model, the thermoelectric field was further analyzed.

Keywords

aluminium industry; cells (electric); electrolysis; finite element analysis; heat recovery; power consumption; thermoelectric power; APDL; aluminum reduction cell; current efficiency; electricity distribution; electrolysis cells; energy consumption; finite element software; heat recovery; stability; thermoelectric field analysis; Aluminum; Anodes; Cathodes; Current density; Electrochemical processes; Finite element methods; Wind power generation; FEM; aluminum reduction cell; numerical simulation; thermo-electric field;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference (WNWEC), 2010

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8920-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8921-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNWEC.2010.5673312

Filename

5673312