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Flow rate measurements in turbulent liquid metal channel flow using Time‐of‐Flight Lorentz force velocimetry
Author(s) -
Jian Dandan,
Karcher Christian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201210277
Subject(s) - lorentz force , turbulence , mechanics , velocimetry , liquid metal , flow measurement , volumetric flow rate , flow (mathematics) , magnetohydrodynamics , open channel flow , materials science , magnetic field , aerospace engineering , flow control (data) , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , metallurgy , telecommunications , quantum mechanics
Non‐contact flow control and flow measurements in hot and aggressive metal melts are big challenges in metallurgical applications. Time‐of‐Flight Lorentz force velocimetry (ToF LFV) is an electromagnetic measurement technique to meet these challenges. Our experimental results demonstrate that this method is well suited to measure flow rate in turbulent liquid metal channel flow without knowledge of both melt and magnetic field properties. Moreover, the measured flow profiles are in very good agreement with predictions of numerical simulations using the commercial program Package FLUENT MHD. (© 2012 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)