Liquid Metal Flows with Polydispersed Solid and Gaseous Inclusions

This paper examines the flow of liquid metal with non conducting particles in a cylindrical channel under the influence of radial and azimuthal electromagnetic forces, caused by the interaction of the current, induced in the channel, with internal and external magnetic fields. We obtain solutions of the equations of the electromagnetic field and of the motion of the liquid metal with non-metallic insertions, allowing the study of the behaviour of such particles in the metal fusion flow with regard to its coagulation. The integral characteristics of the flow, including motion velocity, concentration, mass increase of the coagulating particles in time, are defined. Experimental measurements and their comparison with results of the calculation are presented.