• DocumentCode
    2945224
  • Title

    A Finite Element Method Approach to the Design Process of an Aluminium Reduction Cell

  • Author

    Kacprzak, D. ; Gustafsson, M.J. ; Taylo, M.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Auckland, Auckland
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    8-12 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    668
  • Lastpage
    668
  • Abstract
    This paper demonstrates an innovative method for the reduction cell design. The method strives to eliminate time consuming calculations by using finite element method (FEM) and iterative analyses on bus bar configuration.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; cells (electric); electrolysis; finite element analysis; iterative methods; reduction (chemical); smelting; Al; Lorentz forces; aluminium reduction cell; bus bar configuration; electrolysis; finite element method; iterative analysis; Aluminum; Bars; Current density; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Lorentz covariance; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic flux density; Magnetic liquids; Process design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2006. INTERMAG 2006. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1479-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2006.376392
  • Filename
    4262101