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Published on: August 5, 2015
Coupled electro-thermal field in a high current electrolysis cell or liquid metal batteries
Ze Sun1,2, Liwei Cai1,2, Haiou Ni1,2
1School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Coupled electro-thermal field exists widely in chemical batteries and electrolysis industry. In this study, a three-dimensional numerical model, which is based on the finite-element software ANSYS, has been built to simulate the electro-thermal field in a magnesium electrolysis cell. The adjustment of the relative position of the anode and cathode can change the energy consumption of the magnesium electrolysis process significantly. Besides, the current intensity has a nonlinear effect on heat balance, and the effects of heat transfer coefficients, electrolysis and air temperature on the heat balance have been released to maintain the thermal stability in a magnesium electrolysis cell. The relationship between structure as well as process parameters and electro-thermal field has been obtained and the simulation results can provide experience for the scale-up design in liquid metal batteries.
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