Numerical simulation of the melt flow in an induction crucible furnace driven by a Lorentz force pulsed at low frequency

verfasst von
D. Musaeva, V. Ilin, E. Baake, V. Geža
Abstract

This paper considers a numerically simulated flow in a cylindrical liquid metal column driven by pulsed Lorentz force in a range of the modulation frequency fp of 0:05 Hz < fp < 1 Hz. The calculations were conducted with the ANSYS Fluent software package using a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulence model. The pulsed case is compared with a melt flow produced by a continuously applied force. To that, the contents of turbulent kinetic energy within the melt, the rate of homogenization of the temperature field, and the relaxation time after the magnetic field has been switched off in both steady and unsteady flow regimes are considered. The results show that pulsing the Lorentz force at low frequencies can be applied to intensify the melt stirring process.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Elektroprozesstechnik
Externe Organisation(en)
Kazan State Power Engineering University
University of Latvia
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Magnetohydrodynamics
Band
51
Seiten
771-784
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
0024-998X
Publikationsdatum
2015
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physik und Astronomie (insg.), Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.22364/mhd.51.4.10 (Zugang: Geschlossen)