Metallurgy, Vol. 46 No. 4, 2007.
Original scientific paper
Gas Mixing And Chemical Homogenization Of Steel In 100 T Ladle Furnace
M. Warzecha
J. Jowsa
T. Merder
Abstract
The article presents numerical simulations of fluid flow and chemical homogenization of liquid steel in gas-stirred ladle with two asymmetric porous plugs. In this study mixing time is analyzed as a function of porous plug location. All calculations were carried out by commercial computer program Fluent using k-ε turbulence model. Results show the velocity vectors of liquid steel and tracer concentration field after alloy addition. Numerical calculations were used to get the mixing time of liquid steel as a function of gas flow rate and porous plugs location.
Keywords
steel; ladle; mixing time; mathematical modeling; fluid dynamics
Hrčak ID:
15010
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2007.
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