Thermo-chemo-mechanical modeling of a HALL-HÉROULT cell thermal bake-out

TMS Light Metals

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 669-674

  Richard, Daniel ^a   Goulet, Patrice ^b   Dupuis, Marc ^c   Fafard, Mario ^b  

^a HATCH LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c GeniSim Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrolytic cells; Numerical analysis; Thermo mechanical modeling; Transient simulation

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PREHEATING; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS;

CATHODE BLOCK CRACKING; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELING; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

ELECTROLYSIS; CYTOLOGY;

ADEQUATE MODELS; AMPERAGE CELLS; CONTACT INTERFACE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MOLTEN ELECTROLYTES; THERMO-CHEMO-MECHANICAL MODELS; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

EID: 33745324188     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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