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Mathematical and Physical Simulation of a Top Blown Converter
Author(s) -
Zhou Xiaobin,
Ersson Mikael,
Zhong Liangcai,
Yu Jingkun,
Jönsson Pär
Publication year - 2014
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.201300310
Subject(s) - radius , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , mixing (physics) , mathematical model , simulation , field (mathematics) , mathematics , engineering , physics , computer science , statistics , computer security , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
A mathematical model of a top blown converter, which was based on a physical model of a 30 t vessel, was developed in this study. A simplified model consisting of the converter was used in the mathematical simulation. With the simplified model, it is possible to run a large number of tracer calculations within a short time, compared to solving for the entire flow evolution each time. A cavity depth and radius comparison has been done between the physical model and the mathematical model, which showed a good relative difference of 2.5% and 6.1% for the cavity depth and radius, respectively. The velocity change in the bath of the converter was monitored by setting several monitoring points in the physical model. A fully developed flow field was assumed to occur when the fluctuations in these points were small or periodic. It took approximately 25 s to get a developed flow field. In addition, the predicted mixing time showed a good relative difference of 2.8% in comparison to the experimental data.