Simulation Modeling of the Primary Electric Field Characteristics at the Boundaries of a Liquid Metal Object Processed by Passing an Electric Current

The paper proposes to use the method of dividing massive conductors into elementary cells to determine the distribution of the characteristics of the primary electric field at the boundaries of a liquid metal object processed by passing an electric current. Simulation modeling of the characteristics of the electric field in the melt during its treatment with a direct current by one current source or simultaneously by two using two-electrode and four-electrode systems, respectively, was carried out. It is shown that the distribution of potentials and currents at the boundaries of the container with the melt, depending on the type of the electrode system, has qualitative and quantitative differences, which determines their multivariance and makes it possible to find favorable conditions for the thermal force load of the processing object.