Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process
This paper presents the results of a bath stirring investigation using a physical model for an uphill ingot casting process. A new method of mixing time measurement that overcomes the drawback of the conventional measurement method was developed. The method was used to investigate bath stirring for...
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| author | Xiaobin Zhou Liangcai Zhong Peiyuan Ni Nanyang Deng |
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| description | This paper presents the results of a bath stirring investigation using a physical model for an uphill ingot casting process. A new method of mixing time measurement that overcomes the drawback of the conventional measurement method was developed. The method was used to investigate bath stirring for a dynamic-volume bulk bath in which the liquid volume increases over time during the teeming process. The results show that the new method can be successfully applied to reveal the relationship between gas blowing schemes, gas blowing flowrates, and bath depths. It is demonstrated that blowing bubbles causes the flow of the bath to increase when the bath depth is increased. By applying the new data analysis method, three different bottom blowing schemes were explored to study the mixing behaviors under different operating conditions. The results suggest that the concentric circular annulus is more favorable than both the eccentric blowing scheme and symmetrical scheme to achieve efficient mixing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45e4d3067def4d79ad25c81f8abb78212022-12-22T03:58:32ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012019-02-019223810.3390/met9020238met9020238Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting ProcessXiaobin Zhou0Liangcai Zhong1Peiyuan Ni2Nanyang Deng3School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma′anshan 243032, ChinaSchool of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma′anshan 243032, ChinaThis paper presents the results of a bath stirring investigation using a physical model for an uphill ingot casting process. A new method of mixing time measurement that overcomes the drawback of the conventional measurement method was developed. The method was used to investigate bath stirring for a dynamic-volume bulk bath in which the liquid volume increases over time during the teeming process. The results show that the new method can be successfully applied to reveal the relationship between gas blowing schemes, gas blowing flowrates, and bath depths. It is demonstrated that blowing bubbles causes the flow of the bath to increase when the bath depth is increased. By applying the new data analysis method, three different bottom blowing schemes were explored to study the mixing behaviors under different operating conditions. The results suggest that the concentric circular annulus is more favorable than both the eccentric blowing scheme and symmetrical scheme to achieve efficient mixing.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/9/2/238steel ingot castingphysical modelgas blowing mixingdynamic process |
| spellingShingle | Xiaobin Zhou Liangcai Zhong Peiyuan Ni Nanyang Deng Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process Metals steel ingot casting physical model gas blowing mixing dynamic process |
| title | Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process |
| title_full | Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process |
| title_fullStr | Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process |
| title_short | Dynamic Bath Mixing during an Ingot Casting Process |
| title_sort | dynamic bath mixing during an ingot casting process |
| topic | steel ingot casting physical model gas blowing mixing dynamic process |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/9/2/238 |
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