Impurity Distribution in a Two-Sided Electromagnetic Stirrer
- Authors: Shvydkii E.L.1, Bychkov S.A.1, Zakharov V.V.2, Sokolov I.V.1, Tarasov F.E.1
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Affiliations:
- Ural Federal University
- Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 2019, No 6 (2019)
- Pages: 570-575
- Section: Simulation of Metallurgical Processes
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0036-0295/article/view/173272
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029519060156
- ID: 173272
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Abstract
A model is developed for an electromagnetic stirrer using a traveling magnetic field. Electromagnetic and hydrodynamic problems are simultaneously solved for a two-dimensional case by a finite element method. The behavior of impurities in a turbulent flow is calculated using the Stokes law. A nonstationary magnetic field is shown to be applied. The calculated spatial distribution of impurities has a homogeneous character in the liquid metal volume. The model is verified by measuring the magnetic induction in an experimental setup.
About the authors
E. L. Shvydkii
Ural Federal University
Author for correspondence.
Email: e.l.shvydky@urfu.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620002
S. A. Bychkov
Ural Federal University
Email: e.l.shvydky@urfu.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620002
V. V. Zakharov
Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: e.l.shvydky@urfu.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620137
I. V. Sokolov
Ural Federal University
Email: e.l.shvydky@urfu.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620002
F. E. Tarasov
Ural Federal University
Email: e.l.shvydky@urfu.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620002