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STAR-CCM+ CM+ modeling ling of steel el makin ing g processes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
STAR-CCM+ CM+ modeling ling of steel el makin ing g processes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
STAR-CCM+ CM+ modeling ling of steel el makin ing g processes esses Simon mon Lo Steel el ma making g processes cesses Blast t Fur urnace ce Basi sic c Ox Oxyge ygen n Fur urnace ce (BOF OF) Continuous ntinuous casting
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Bl Blas ast t furnace ace
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DEM EM - Char arging ing of par arti ticles cles
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Lifti ting ng of par arti ticles cles by ai air flo low
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With th heat at tr tran ansfer er
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Therm hermal al exp xpan ansion sion of par arti ticles cles
In Blast fur urnace ce, , the effect ect of solid d expansi ansion
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ue to temperature perature may be imp mpor
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tant nt STAR AR-CC CCM+ M+ has the capability lity
– Using variable density model
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Un Unloading loading of par arti ticl cles es
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Bu Bulk lk flo low w val alidat ation ion
Un Unloading
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Pap Paper: r: Z. Zhou
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, H. Zhu, u, ISI SIJ Vol 45, 2005 05 STAR AR-CCM+ CCM+ resu sults ts in agreem eemen ent t with bot
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Analysis ysis of volume e fracti tion
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trib ibut ution ion
– Predicted the amount of load lifting after staring injecting air
Computation putation time me for a m milli lion n parti ticles les is get etti ting ng close to reasonab sonable le
– 1,003,146 particles – Simulated 0.2 seconds of physical time – Took ~48 hours on 96 cores – Used DEM timestep ~ 5.3E-6 s
Summar mary y of coupl pled ed DEM-CFD FD BF s F sim imulati tion
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Eu Euleri lerian an mu mult ltipha phase se mo model el
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- Full size furnace:
- 25m height
- 7.2m hearth diameter
- 2D axisymmetric model
- Multi-component Eulerian phases:
Gas phase: CO, CO2, N2 Solid phase: Ore, Coke, Fe, Fe2O3, C
- Two reactions:
Fe2O3 + 3CO -> 2Fe + 3CO2 C + CO2 -> 2CO
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Tem emper peratures atures
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Fe/Ore e/Ore ma mass frac acti tions
- ns
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CO/CO2 O/CO2 ma mass frac action tions
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Ba Basic c Ox Oxygen en Furna nace ce (B (BOF OF)
Oxygen gen is blown wn onto
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e met etal al bath h to
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idize ze elements ements su such as silicon
- n and
phosp spho horou
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s. Due ue to stron
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g stirring ing inside ide the vessel el
- xide
ides are transf sferred erred from
- m met
etal al to slag.
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Liquid uid steel el is pour ur from conver erter er to ladle e throu
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gh taphole le. Dart designe gned d to float at interface ace betw etwee een n steel el and slag. Near ar end of tapping, g, dart is suc ucked ed into
- the taphole
- le block
cking ng the flow and limit slag carry-over er into the ladle. e.
Ba Basic c Ox Oxygen en Furna nace ce (B (BOF OF)
Converter in tapping position
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Dar art t suck cked ed into th the ta taphole
- le
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Cont
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inuous ca casti ting ng of steel
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Cont
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inuous ca casti ting ng of steel
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Cont
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