CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 1994, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2): 179-184.

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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TURBULENT FLOW AND MELT TOPOGRAPHY IN ALUMINUM REDUCTION CELLS

Huang Zhaolin1, Yang Zhifeng2, Wu Jianghang1   

  1. 1. Dept. of Mechanics, Peking Univ, Beijing 100871;
    2. Beijing Normal Univ, Beijing 100875
  • Received:1992-08-07 Revised:1993-03-12 Online:1994-06-25 Published:1994-06-25

Abstract: A mathematical model is proposed for numerical simulation of the flow of the two superposed liquids (the electrolyte and molten aluminum) and of the electrolyte-metal interface wave. By employing a modified scheme based on the SIMPLE algorithm, velocities within both liquids and melt topography are calculated for a 280kA cell. Satisfactory results of numerical prediction are given.

Key words: aluminum reduction, k-ε turbulence model, numerical simulation

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