Chlorine Fluxing
Problem Description
Chlorine gas is injected through a rotating impeller to react with unwanted metals in the molten aluminum and forms a layer that floats on the top.
Challenge
Minimize the amount of chlorine gas escaping:
- Escaped gas reacts with ambient air and forms harmful hydrochloric acid emissions
- Cut down the running cost of chlorine gas consumption
Benefit of Modeling
- Explore different designs to increase the residence time of chorine bubbles and hence reduce the cost of chorine consumption and reduce health risks
- Coupling of chemical reaction kinetics with the flow analysis would result in obtaining the optimum chorine bubble size from both the a chemical and a hydrodynamic point of view
