稀土电解槽流场的数值模拟-中国有色金属学报.PDF

第 25 卷第 11 期 中国有色金属学报 2015 年 11 月 Volume 25 Number 11 The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals November 2015 文章编号：1004-0609(2015)-11-3209-07 稀土电解槽流场的数值模拟 刘 钊，李宗安，张小伟，庞思明，陈德宏，王志强 (北京有色金属研究 总院稀土材料国家工程研究中心 有研稀土新材料股份有限公司，北京 100088) 摘 要：采用雷诺应力模型(RSM)对上插式阴极结构稀土熔盐电解槽内部流场进行模拟研究，得到电解槽内部 含气率和流场分布规律。计算结果表明：电解产生的气体主要集中在阳极内表面附近，且在电解槽上端靠近阳 极处，含气率达到最大值；阳极内表面附近的最大上升流速为 0.9 m/s ；电解槽底部大部分区域电解质的流动速 度均小于 0.01 m/s，基本上属于流动死区；在底吹气体搅拌模型下，电解槽底部出现逆时针涡流，该区域电解质 的流动速度较未通气体时的相比增加 10 倍以上，这能够在一定程度上改善电解槽底部的流动性，减轻底部“结 瘤”现象。 关键字：稀土电解槽；雷诺应力模型；流场；气体搅拌；数值模拟 中图分类号：TF845 文献标志码：A Numerical simulation of flow field in rare earth electrolysis cell LIU Zhao, LI Zong-an, ZHANG Xiao-wei, PANG Si-ming, CHEN De-hong, WANG Zhi-qiang (Grirem Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth Materials, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, Beijing 100088, China) Abstract: The flow field of the plug-in cathode structure rare earth electrolysis cell was numerically simulated based on Reynolds stress model (RSM). And the distribution rules of gas fraction and velocity field were obtained. The results show that, the anode gas generated by electrolysis mainly concentrates in the vicinity of the inner surface of the anode, and the gas fraction reaches the maximum value at the upper of the electrolysis cell near the anode. The velocity of the upside near the inner surface of the anode is 0.9 m/s. The bottom velocity of the electrolyte is less than 0.01 m/s, which basically belongs to stagnant zones. Compared with the way of without gas stirring at the bottom of the electrolysis cell, there is a anticlockwise eddy current, and the bottom vel