Scale-up design of a 300kA magnesium electrolysis cell based on thermo-electric mathematical models

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1197-1206

  Liu, Chenglin ^a   Sun, Ze ^a,b,c   Lu, Guimin ^a   Song, Xingfu ^a   Ding, Yulong ^b,c   Yu, Jianguo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current intensity; Magnesium electrolysis cell; Scale up; Thermal balance; Thermoelectric field

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CURRENT INTENSITY; MAGNESIUM ELECTROLYSIS; SCALE-UP; THERMAL BALANCE; THERMOELECTRIC FIELD;

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS;

EID: 84903486871     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21940     Document Type: Article

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