Coupled thermoelectric model and effects of current fluctuation on thermal balance in magnesium electrolysis cell

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2655-2663

  Sun, Ze ^a   Liu, Chenglin ^a   Lu, Guimin ^a   Song, Xingfu ^a   Sun, Shuying ^a   Sun, Yuzhu ^a   Yu, Jianguo ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL MODEL; COUPLED THERMOELECTRIC MODEL; CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS; CURRENT INTENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; KEY FACTORS; LINEAR RELATION; MAGNESIUM ELECTROLYSIS; MAGNESIUM PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PRACTICAL PRODUCTION; REGULAR OPERATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; THERMAL BALANCE; THERMAL FIELD; THERMOELECTRIC FIELD;

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; MAGNESIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELLS;

EID: 79959393926     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2004333     Document Type: Article

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