Analysis of the impact of modification of cold crucible design on the efficiency of the cold crucible induction furnace

8th International Scientific Colloquium on Modelling for Materials Processing

Przylucki, R.^1 ; Golak, S.^1 ; Bulinski, P.^2 ; Smolka, J.^2 ; Palacz, M.^2 ; Siwiec, G.^3 ; Lipart, J.^3 ; Blacha, L.^3

Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Krasinskiego 8, Katowice

40-019, Poland^1

Institute of Thermal Technology Silesian, University of Technology, Konarskiego 22, Gliwice

44-100, Poland^2

Institute of Metals Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Krasinskiego 8, Katowice

40-019, Poland^3

关键词: Cold crucibles;    Coupled analysis;    Electrical efficiency;    Induction furnace;    Main parameters;    Meniscus shape;    Molten titanium;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/355/1/012009/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/355/1/012009

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The article includes numerical simulation results for two induction furnace with cold crucible (IFCC). Induction furnaces differ in cold crucible design, while the inductor geometry was preserved for both variants. Numerical simulations were conducted as three dimensional one, with coupled analysis of electromagnetic, thermal and fluid dynamics fields. During the experiment, six calculation variants, differ in amount of molten titanium (three different weights of titanium for each type of cold crucible) were considered. Main parameters controlled during the calculations were: electrical efficiency of the IFCC and the meniscus shape of liquid metal.