Study Flow Field of Magnesium Electrolyzer by Computer Technology

Author

Sun, Ze ; Lu, Gui-min ; Song, Xing-fu ; Sun, Shu-ying ; Yu, Jian-guo

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Chem. Eng., East China Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Shanghai, China

fYear

2010

fDate

23-25 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In modern times, computer technology is used in various fields in the world. In this paper, CFD(computational fluid dynamics) was applied to build mathematical model to simulate continuous and dispersed multiphase flow in the experimental systems and an industrial electrolyzer. The Volume of Fluid model was used in the mathematical model for multi-phases. Cold model system of complex multiphase behavior of argon gas, water and silicon oil system in terms of dynamic similarity was established to validate the math model. Flow field was measured through PIV (particle-image velocimetry) technology. The results show that the built three dimensional mathematical model was valid for the system and suitable for the electrolyzer in electrolysis magnesium industry. The characteristics of complex multiphase in industrial electrolyzer were discussed in the paper.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; electrolysis; flow visualisation; magnesium; mathematical analysis; mechanical engineering computing; multiphase flow; CFD; PIV; argon gas; cold model system; complex multiphase behavior; computational fluid dynamics; computer technology; dispersed multiphase flow; dynamic similarity; electrolysis magnesium industry; industrial electrolyzer; magnesium electrolyzer; mathematical model; particle-image velocimetry; silicon oil system; Chemical engineering; Chemical technology; Computational modeling; Electrochemical processes; Equations; Fluid dynamics; Magnesium; Mathematical model; Sun; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Engineering and Electronic Commerce (IEEC), 2010 2nd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ternopil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6972-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6974-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEC.2010.5533223

Filename

5533223