Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 4608(2024)

Simulation Study on Melting Performance of Vitrification Melter with Different Electrode Connection Modes

XU Dongqing1... QU Xiaorui2,3, WANG Lei1, ZHAO Qingbin2,3, LI Luyao1 and XU Kai1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
  • 2China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 100840, China
  • 3Innovation Center for Nuclear Facilities Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management Technology, Beijing 100840, China
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    XU Dongqing, QU Xiaorui, WANG Lei, ZHAO Qingbin, LI Luyao, XU Kai. Simulation Study on Melting Performance of Vitrification Melter with Different Electrode Connection Modes[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2024, 43(12): 4608

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    Received: Jul. 2, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 10, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: Kai XU (kaixu@whut.edu.cn)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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