Stability analysis of simplified electrolysis cells with MISTRAL

TMS Light Metals

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 335-339

  Tomasino, T ^a   Le Hervet, M ^b   Martin, O ^b   Lelievre T ^c  

^a ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b ALCAN LRF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Electrolysis; Instability; Metal pad rolling; Numerical modeling; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STABILITY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; METALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY; ROLLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; EQUATIONS OF FLUID MECHANICS; INTERFACE DEFORMATION; METAL PAD ROLLING; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; LINEAR STABILITY; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION; METAL PAD; PRIMARY ALUMINUM; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745291691     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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