Fluid mechanics of liquid metal batteries

DH Kelley, T Weier - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The design and performance of liquid metal batteries (LMBs), a new technology for grid-
scale energy storage, depend on fluid mechanics because the battery electrodes and …

High temperature ultrasonic transducers: A review

R Kazys, V Vaskeliene - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
There are many fields such as online monitoring of manufacturing processes, non-
destructive testing in nuclear plants, or corrosion rate monitoring techniques of steel pipes in …

Physics-constrained machine learning for thermal turbulence modelling at low Prandtl numbers

M Fiore, L Koloszar, C Fare, MA Mendez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid metals play a central role in new generation liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors, for
which numerical investigations require the use of appropriate thermal turbulence models for …

Mixing in a liquid metal electrode

DH Kelley, DR Sadoway - Physics of Fluids, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Fluid mixing has first-order importance for many engineering problems in mass transport,
including design and optimization of liquid-phase energy storage devices. Liquid metal …

Impact of the electromagnetic brake position on the flow structure in a slab continuous casting mold: An experimental parameter study

D Schurmann, I Glavinić, B Willers, K Timmel… - … Materials Transactions B, 2020 - Springer
Flow measurements are performed in a slab model for continuous casting of steel under the
influence of a ruler type Electromagnetic Brake (EMBr). The Mini-LIMMCAST facility utilizes …

Transition from steady to oscillating convection rolls in Rayleigh-Bénard convection under the influence of a horizontal magnetic field

JC Yang, T Vogt, S Eckert - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
In this study we consider the effect of a horizontal magnetic field on the Rayleigh-Bénard
convection in a finite liquid metal layer contained in a cuboid vessel (200× 200× 40 mm 3) of …

A review of thermal spectral imaging methods for monitoring high-temperature molten material streams

K Grujić - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Real-time closed-loop control of metallurgical processes is still in its infancy, mostly based
on simple models and limited sensor data and challenged by extreme temperature and …

Experimental study of the mold flow induced by a swirling flow nozzle and electromagnetic stirring for continuous casting of round blooms

D Schurmann, B Willers, G Hackl, Y Tang… - … Materials Transactions B, 2019 - Springer
This study focuses on an experimental investigation of the fluid flow in round bloom
continuous casting using a 1: 3 model of the industrial casting process. A swirling flow …

Thermoelectricity at a gallium–mercury liquid metal interface

M Vernet, S Fauve, C Gissinger - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We present experimental evidence of a thermoelectric effect at the interface between two
liquid metals. Using superimposed layers of mercury and gallium in a cylindrical vessel …

Measurement of metal velocity in sand casting during mold filling

SR Sama, E MacDonald, R Voigt, G Manogharan - Metals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Melt turbulence during mold filling is detrimental to the quality of sand castings. In this
research study, the authors present a novel method of embedding Internet of Things (IoT) …