| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Process Metallurgy and Electrochemistry of Molten Salts, Liquid Metal Batteries, and Extra-terrestrial Materials Processing: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Don Sadoway
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| Presentation Title |
Fluid Mechanics of Liquid Metal Batteries: Overview and Outlook |
| Author(s) |
Douglas Kelley |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Douglas Kelley |
| Abstract Scope |
Donald Sadoway recognized the global need for grid-scale energy storage, and for a decade has led the world in developing liquid metal batteries. Realizing their full potential requires mastering not only materials selection but also mass transport. The fluid layers that make up liquid metal batteries are driven to flow by many mechanisms, including buoyant thermal convection, electromagnetic forces, Marangoni convection, interface waves, and bulk fluid instabilities. I will present an overview of the fluid mechanics of liquid metal batteries, including my team's studies of thermal convection and electrovortex flow, some in collaboration with Sadoway. I will conclude with reflections on technological implications and promising topics for future studies of fluid mechanics of liquid metal batteries. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |