A Numerical Approach on Waste Heat Recovery through Sidewall Heat-Exchanging in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell

Table 2

Comparison of the measured temperature values and ANSYS simulation results.

Position	ANSYS simulated temperature (°C)	Measured temperature on the 2 kA cell (°C)
Average temperature of the heat exchanger	385	379 ± 2
Side shell
Top	46–51	46 ± 2
Middle	56–64	58 ± 2
Bottom	42–46	45 ± 2
Cathode busbar	101–124	108 ± 2
Bottom of the cell	71	67 ± 2
Lower surface of the cathode block	811	817 ± 2