Electromagnetic inspection of a two-phase flow of GaInSn and argon

Terzija, N; Yin, Wuliang; Gerbeth, Günter; Stefani, Frank; Timmel, Klaus; Wondrak, Thomas; Peyton, A. J.

doi:10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2010.10.003

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“…This produces a total of 28 independent mutual inductance values that are used to reconstruct the metal distribution in the SEN. More details on the application of this method for the detection of large and small argon bubbles in Mini-LIMMCAST can be found in recent publications. [14,15] The CIFT technique relies on the fact that, by exposing the flow of a highly conducting melt to an externally applied magnetic field, electrical currents are induced that give rise to a perturbation of the applied field. This flow-induced field perturbation, which is measurable outside the fluid volume, contains information about the flow structure and can be exploited to reconstruct the velocity field.…”

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“…At the same facility, the corresponding two-phase aspects of the flow in the SEN have been separately studied by MIT. [14,15] In this study, we go one step further by exploiting the synergies between MIT and CIFT to obtain a better understanding of some typical two-phase flow features as they occur in the continuous casting process. We start with a short description of the Mini-LIMMCAST facility at HZDR, and we briefly recall the principles of both the MIT and the CIFT method.…”

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Combined Electromagnetic Tomography for Determining Two-phase Flow Characteristics in the Submerged Entry Nozzle and in the Mold of a Continuous Casting Model

Wondrak

Eckert

Gerbeth

et al. 2011

Metall Mater Trans B

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This article describes experiments on the combined determination of the distribution of liquid metal and argon in the submerged entry nozzle (SEN) and of the flow in the mold of a small-scale physical model of a continuous slab caster. For visualizing the metal distribution in the SEN, mutual inductance tomography (MIT) is applied, while the flow in the mold is determined by contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT). The results of the latter are validated in part by ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry (UDV). Accompanying measurements provide information about the levels in the tundish and in the mold, as well as on the pressure in the SEN. Depending on the gas flow rate, various flow regimes are identified, among them pressure and mold level oscillations, transitions between double and single vortex flows, and transient single port ejections.

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Combined Electromagnetic Tomography for Determining Two-phase Flow Characteristics in the Submerged Entry Nozzle and in the Mold of a Continuous Casting Model

Wondrak

Eckert

Gerbeth

et al. 2011

Metall Mater Trans B

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“…It can be seen from (1) that the sensitivity matrix due to conductivity perturbations in the electromagnetic induction system could be calculated by the field values extraction method [7][8]. Magnetic vector potential can be calculated by (2):…”

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A Novel Spiral Electromagnetic Induction Sensor for the Measurement of Phase Holdup

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Hao

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings

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In two-phase (gas/liquid or liquid/liquid) flow measurements, phase holdup is an important parameter. Electromagnetic induction techniques have been applied for determining this parameter. However, due to inhomogeneous sensitivity of the conventional inductive sensors, the accuracy in measuring phase holdup is seriously affected by flow regimes. To overcome this problem, multiple sensor configurations such as MIT have been considered; however, the sensitivity maps of MIT are not homogenous and in addition, the complexity of a multiple channels measurement system increases significantly. In this paper, a novel spiral electromagnetic induction sensor was proposed. The sensitivity matrices of four different configurations of the sensor were calculated using MATLAB. Both simulations and experiments were carried out, which proved that the spiral style sensors have increased and more homogenous sensitivity distributions, making it more suitable for phase holdup measurement.

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“…Likewise, the use of AC fields might give a chance to combine CIFT with other tomographic methods, such as the Mutual Inductance Tomography for the identification of conductivity gradients, as they are connected with the presence of gas bubbles in liquid metals [65].…”

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Forward and inverse problems in fundamental and applied magnetohydrodynamics

Giesecke

Stefani

Wondrak

et al. 2013

Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top.

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Abstract. This Minireview summarizes the recent efforts to solve forward and inverse problems as they occur in different branches of fundamental and applied magnetohydrodynamics. As for the forward problem, the main focus is on the numerical treatment of induction processes, including self-excitation of magnetic fields in non-spherical domains and/or under the influence of non-homogeneous material parameters. As an important application of the developed numerical schemes, the functioning of the von-Kármán-sodium (VKS) dynamo experiment is shown to depend crucially on the presence of soft-iron impellers. As for the inverse problem, the main focus is on the mathematical background and some first practical applications of the Contactless Inductive Flow Tomography (CIFT), in which flow induced magnetic field perturbations are utilized for the reconstruction of the velocity field. The promises of CIFT for flow field monitoring in the continuous casting of steel are substantiated by results obtained at a test rig with a low melting liquid metal. While CIFT is presently restricted to flows with low magnetic Reynolds numbers, some selected problems of non-linear inverse dynamo theory, with possible application to geo-and astrophysics, are also discussed.

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Electromagnetic inspection of a two-phase flow of GaInSn and argon

Cited by 44 publications

References 14 publications

Combined Electromagnetic Tomography for Determining Two-phase Flow Characteristics in the Submerged Entry Nozzle and in the Mold of a Continuous Casting Model

Combined Electromagnetic Tomography for Determining Two-phase Flow Characteristics in the Submerged Entry Nozzle and in the Mold of a Continuous Casting Model

A Novel Spiral Electromagnetic Induction Sensor for the Measurement of Phase Holdup

Forward and inverse problems in fundamental and applied magnetohydrodynamics

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