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Fluid velocities in induction melting furnaces: Part II. large scale measurements and predictions

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Measurements of melt surface velocities on a twelve ton Ajax induction furnace were compared with the predictions of a mathematical model for melt flow in induction furnaces. Agreement was found to be fairly good. The results of calculations of the effect of changing power supply frequency, coil and melt geometry, current and phasing are presented.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA

    Erach D. Tarapore (Graduate Student) & James W. Evans (Associate Professor of Metallurgy)

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  1. Erach D. Tarapore
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Formerly with Airco Vacuum Metals

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Tarapore, E.D., Evans, J.W. & Langfeldt, J. Fluid velocities in induction melting furnaces: Part II. large scale measurements and predictions. Metall Trans B 8, 179–184 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656368

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