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Improvement of Melt Mixing and Cleanness in Ladle, Tundish and Mould by Application of Advanced Simulation Techniques
Author(s) -
Harloff Alexander,
Pütz Oliver,
Rödl Sigurd,
Striedinger Ralph,
Sucker Dietrich
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
steel research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.603
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1869-344X
pISSN - 1611-3683
DOI - 10.1002/srin.200505968
Subject(s) - tundish , ladle , steelmaking , continuous casting , process (computing) , slag (welding) , mixing (physics) , mechanical engineering , caster , process engineering , quality (philosophy) , engineering , metallurgy , manufacturing engineering , materials science , computer science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , operating system
Increasing the productivity and improving the product quality are permanent requirements in steelmaking. For this purpose also detailed information on flow conditions of the melt is required. Therefore, beside operational trials, mainly physical and mathematical modelling approaches play an important role to obtain relevant information. The present state of selected simulation approaches used at the BFI are described and their application is exemplarily shown for the alloying process in a ladle, inclusion separation in a tundish and the electromagnetic stirring in a billet mould. Detailed information on these processes was obtained and improved process engineering measures could be elaborated.