文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Effects of operational and structural parameters on cell voltage of industrial magnesium electrolysis cells

作者：Sun, Ze[1];Liu, Chenglin[1];Lu, Guimin[1];Song, Xingfu[1];Yu, Jianguo[1]

机构：[1]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Natl Engn Res Ctr Integrated Utilizat Salt Lake R, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2015

卷号：9

期号：4

起止页码：522

外文期刊名：FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

收录：;WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000365759300012)】；

基金：We thank the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21206038 and 51504099), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (New Teachers) (Grant No. 20120074120014), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

语种：英文

外文关键词：magnesium electrolysis cell; electric field; finite element method

摘要：Electric field is the energy foundation of the electrolysis process and the source of the multiphysical fields in a magnesium electrolysis cell. In this study, a three-dimensional numerical model was developed and used to calculate electric field at the steady state through the finite element analysis. Based on the simulation of the electric field, the operational and structural parameters, such as the current intensity, anode thickness, cathode thickness, and anode-cathode distance (ACD), were investigated to obtain the minimum cell voltage. The optimization is to obtain the minimum resistance voltage which has a significant effect on the energy consumption in the magnesium electrolysis process. The results indicate that the effect of the current intensity on the voltage could be ignored and the effect of the ACD is obvious. Moreover, there is a linear decrease between the voltage and the thicknesses of the anode and cathode; and the anodecathode working height also has a significant effect on the voltage.