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A novel probe for measuring current distribution in Wood's metal in a simulated Hall–Heroult cell

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DOI: 10.1179/174328506X148948
 
Title A novel probe for measuring current distribution in Wood's metal in a simulated Hall–Heroult cell
 
Creator Bhunia, D
Mehrotra, S P
Shekhar, R
 
Subject Minerals and Mining
 
Description Current distribution in the bath and molten metal plays a major role in influencing magnetohydrodynamics in Hall–Heroult cells. However, the measurements of current distribution have not been reported, with most studies being limited to mathematical modelling. A probe for measuring the three components of current density distribution in a simulated Hall cell, which uses Wood's metal as an electrolyte, has been developed. To test the probe, extensive measurements were carried out in a simulated Hall cell, the results of which are consistent with the expectations. The new probe can also be used for measuring current distribution in the physical modelling of processes involving electromagnetic stirring such as induction furnaces, centrifugal casting and electromagnetic casting.
 
Publisher Maney Publishing
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.nmlindia.org/3174/1/Bhunia.pdf
Bhunia, D and Mehrotra, S P and Shekhar, R (2006) A novel probe for measuring current distribution in Wood's metal in a simulated Hall–Heroult cell. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 115 (4). pp. 206-212.