Magnetic modelling and magneto‐hydro‐dynamic simulations of an aluminium production electrolytic cell

Abstract

A simulation of the motion of molten aluminium inside an electrolytic cell is presented. Since the driving term of the aluminium motion is the Lorentz (j × B) body force acting within the fluid,this problem involves the solution of the magneto‐hydro‐dynamic equations. Different solver modules for the magnetic field computation and for the fluid motion simulation are coupled together. The interactions of all these are presented and discussed.

Citation

Chiampi, M., Repetto, M., Chechurin, V., Kalimov, A. and Leboucher, L. (1999), "Magnetic modelling and magneto‐hydro‐dynamic simulations of an aluminium production electrolytic cell", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 528-538. https://doi.org/10.1108/03321649910275224