| Abstract Scope |
We propose an extended technique for the investigation of reactive metal alloys in a variety of AC and DC magnetic fields subject to melting and solidification processes. The combination of Eulerian fluid flow description, including electric and magnetic fields in industrial applications, is supplemented by interactive Lagrangian particle tracking accounting for the effects of electromagnetic force and turbulent flow effects. Examples of industrial liquid metal applications are analysed accounting for the interactive particle and fluid flow cases, including the cold crucible holding vessel with the electromagnetically controlled exit nozzle, continuous casting of metals, vacuum arc remelting pool solidification, high purity refinement of the molten solar silicon material, electrolytic production of metals, particularly the aluminium in large scale industrial cells, and magnetically levitated metal samples in terrestrial and microgravity conditions. The new technique is demonstrated using the dynamic multiphysics MHD software SPHINX, previously validated in experiments and industrial applications. |