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A mathematical formulation has been developed to represent the electromagnetic force field, fluid flow and heat transfer in ESR units. In the formulation, allowance has been made for both electromagnetically driven flows and natural convection; furthermore, in considering heat transfer the effect of the moving droplets has been taken into account. The computed results have shown that the electromagnetic force field appears to be the more important driving force for fluid motion, although natural convection does affect the circulation pattern. The movement of the liquid droplets through the slag plays an important role in transporting thermal energy from the slag to the molten metal pool, although the droplets are unlikely to contribute appreciably to slag-metal mass transfer The for-formulation presented here enables the prediction of thermal and fluid flow phenomena in ESR units and may be used to calculate the electrode melting rates from first principles. While a detailed comparison has not yet been made between the predictions based on the model and actual plant scale measurements, it is thought that the theoretical predictions are consistent with the plant-scale data that are available.
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Dilawari, A.H., Szekely, J. Heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena in electroslag refining. Metall Trans B 9, 77–87 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02822674
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