Visualization of inclusions in a water model for continuous casting of steel

Perpar, Matjaž (author), Mramor, Katarina (author), Hodej, Blaž (author), Cotič, Matic (author), Vertnik, Robert (author), Vengust, Vid (author), Šarler, Božidar (author)

With the water model, we experimentally confirmed the possibility of using a suspension to imitate the molten casting powder (slag) at the upper edge of the melt during the continuous casting of steel. The project requires that the slag particles do not leave the suspension layer during operation or that they return to it from the molten steel. It turns out that this is possible if the selected suspension particles mimic sufficiently large inclusions in the real system. The imitation of slag particles in a real system with suspension particles in water model is ensured by the equal terminal flotation velocities of both. Among the discussed polyethylene and cork particles, only cork particles, with a size of 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and a density of around 400 kg/m3, meet this condition. It was shown that the presented methodology could be used to estimate the proper position of the submerged entry nozzle.

• Language: English
• Keywords: modeling, continuous casting of steel, CFD, turbulence modeling, meshless methods
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 6 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 2766, art. 012084
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158328
• UDC: 519.62:621.74
• ISSN on article: 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2766/1/012084
• COBISS.SI-ID: 197875459
• Publication date in RUL: 05.06.2024

Record is a part of a proceedings

• Title: Eurotherm 2024
• COBISS.SI-ID: 197654787

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of physics. Conference series
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• ISSN: 1742-6596
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2035044

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: modeliranje, kontinuirno ulivanje jekla, računalniška dinamika tekočin, modeliranje turbulence, brezmrežna metoda

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P2-0162
• Name: Tranzientni dvofazni tokovi (2009-2021) ->; Večfazni sistemi (2022-2027)

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: L2-3173
• Name: Napredna simulacija in optimizacija celotne procesne poti za izdelavo vrhunskih jekel