Metal pad roll instability
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Understanding and Controlling Metal Pad Roll Instability in High-Capacity Liquid Metal Battery Systems
Abstract: The present study delves into the roll instability of metal pads within cylindrical liquid metal battery cells, focusing on the characteristics, control, and modeling of the instability within an energetic materials context. Explicit formulas are derived that offer theoretical benchmarks for magnetohydrodynamic solvers OpenFOAM and SFEMaNS, revealing an excellent alignment with experimental observations on gravity wave damping rates in multilayered liquid metal battery systems. Instability thresholds are analyzed for metal …
Published in International Journal of Energetic Materials · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 12–16 Read article
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Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities in Liquid Metal Batteries: A Study of Metal Pad Roll Dynamics and Stability Thresholds
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive study on the metal pad roll instability (MPRI) in liquid metal batteries (LMBs), a key phenomenon driven by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) forces. LMBs, which are poised to revolutionize grid-scale energy storage due to their low cost, long lifespan, and high current density, face critical challenges due to instabilities that can compromise operational stability. This work characterizes the MPRI in cylindrical reduction cells and offers theoretical formulations, …
Published in International Journal of Energetic Materials · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 7–11 Read article