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Heat transfer and the melting process in electroslag remelting: Part I. The behavior of small electrodes

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On the assumption of one dimensional axial heat flow a mathematical model is developed for describing the temperature profile in small ESR units. The model considers the regions both above and below the slag level and allowance is made for the development of a slag crust on the electrode near the top slag level. The governing equations are solved numerically and the computed results appear to be in agreement with experimental data reported on a laboratory scale ESR unit, employing 1 in. electrodes.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and at the Center for Process Metallurgy, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

    J. Mendrykowski (Graduate Student) & J. J. Poveromo (Graduate Student)

  2. State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

    J. Szekely (Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Process Metallurgy)

  3. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., Canada

    A. Mitchell (Associate Professor of Metallurgy)

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Mendrykowski, J., Poveromo, J.J., Szekely, J. et al. Heat transfer and the melting process in electroslag remelting: Part I. The behavior of small electrodes. Metall Trans 3, 1761–1768 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02642558

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