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Steady Coupled Fluid Flow and Thermal Analysis and Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of a Minicaster
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| Engineers at Solar Power Industries, Inc. used ALGOR software to optimize the design of their silicon ingot minicaster. A steady coupled fluid flow and thermal analysis provided the convective fluid flow and temperature results for the melting phase. In order to maximize ingot quality, multiple transient heat transfer analyses of the solidification process were conducted to determine the best placement and output power for the minicaster’s heaters. | ||
