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Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 25(2015) 1648−1656 Analysis and modeling of alumina dissolution based on heat and mass transfer Shui-qing ZHAN1 1 1 2 2 , Mao LI , Jie-min ZHOU , Jian-hong YANG , Yi-wen ZHOU 1. School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; 2. Zhengzhou Research Institute, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, Zhengzhou 450041, China Received 25 May 2014; accepted 28 August 2014 Abstract: A comprehensive heat and mass transfer model of dissolution process of non-agglomerated and agglomerated alumina particles was established in an aluminum reduction cell. An appropriate finite difference method was used to calculate the size dissolution rate, dissolution time and mass of alumina dissolved employing commercial software and custom algorithm based on the shrinking sphere assumption. The effects of some convection and thermal condition parameters on the dissolution process were studied. The calculated results show that the decrease of alumina content or the increase of alumina diffusion coefficient is beneficial for the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of non-agglomerated particles. The increase of bath superheat or alumina preheating temperature results in the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of agglomerated particles. The calculated dissolution curve of alumina (mass fraction of alumina dissolved) for a 300 kA aluminum reduction cell is in well accordance with the experimental results. The analysis shows that the dissolution p