About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Fundamentals of Sustainable Metallurgy and Processing of Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Mathematical Modeling of a Flow Electrolysis Cell for Sustainable Low Temperature Production of Iron |
| Author(s) |
Omid Mahdavi, Adam Clayton Powell, Atharva Pandhare, Yan Wang |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Omid Mahdavi |
| Abstract Scope |
In order to mitigate the massive GHG emission in the Iron and steel production industry, a sustainable flow electrolysis process with three-dimensional cathode has been developed recently for production of high purity Iron from Fe2O3-rich metal industry byproducts at the low temperature of 100⁰C. Still, the best condition and configuration for the highest economic performance in this process is under investigation. In this paper, a mathematical model for this flow electrolysis cell with a porous electrode is developed based on prior studies. A tertiary current distribution approach is deployed and related equations are solved simultaneously for the potential and current density over time along the cell’s cathode thickness. Also, to find the associated values for dimensionless groups, the extent of the reaction at various locations is investigated theoretically based on the oxygen concentration change inside the cell in different reaction times and empirically by small cell experiments. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Iron and Steel, Sustainability, Modeling and Simulation |