Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF
Herein, a 2D unified model coupling a plasma arc–molten bath–cavity in a direct current electric arc furnace was developed for a characteristic analysis of the fluid flow and heating rate of the molten bath. The ‘local thermodynamic equilibrium–diffusion approximation’ method was employed for the ph...
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| description | Herein, a 2D unified model coupling a plasma arc–molten bath–cavity in a direct current electric arc furnace was developed for a characteristic analysis of the fluid flow and heating rate of the molten bath. The ‘local thermodynamic equilibrium–diffusion approximation’ method was employed for the physical phenomenon at the plasma arc/molten bath interface, and the volume-of-fluid method was used to track the free surface. After ensuring model validation, the formation processes of the cavity and the flow field and heating rate of the molten bath were investigated by utilizing the unified model. The numerical results showed that the formation processes of the cavity contained three stages, namely the expansion, compression, and dynamic equilibrium stages. The arc pressure and plasma shear stress both contributed to the cavity formation, and dominated the expansion of the cavity depth and diameter, respectively. Under plasma arc jet impingement, there were two flow patterns inside the molten bath: (i) a clockwise eddy on the top surface and lateral part of molten bath dominated by plasma shear stress, and (ii) a counter-clockwise eddy in the bottom part of the molten bath dominated by the electromagnetic force. Meanwhile, the main heated region of the molten bath with the plasma arc–molten bath–cavity coupling was in the radial range of 0.2–0.6 m, and a high-temperature region was formed on the top surface of the molten bath caused by plasma shear stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d20afd0df784d5cb93801db7815ee3b2023-11-30T21:30:30ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012022-02-0112339010.3390/met12030390Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAFConglin Yao0Zhouhua Jiang1Hongchun Zhu2Tao Pan3School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaHerein, a 2D unified model coupling a plasma arc–molten bath–cavity in a direct current electric arc furnace was developed for a characteristic analysis of the fluid flow and heating rate of the molten bath. The ‘local thermodynamic equilibrium–diffusion approximation’ method was employed for the physical phenomenon at the plasma arc/molten bath interface, and the volume-of-fluid method was used to track the free surface. After ensuring model validation, the formation processes of the cavity and the flow field and heating rate of the molten bath were investigated by utilizing the unified model. The numerical results showed that the formation processes of the cavity contained three stages, namely the expansion, compression, and dynamic equilibrium stages. The arc pressure and plasma shear stress both contributed to the cavity formation, and dominated the expansion of the cavity depth and diameter, respectively. Under plasma arc jet impingement, there were two flow patterns inside the molten bath: (i) a clockwise eddy on the top surface and lateral part of molten bath dominated by plasma shear stress, and (ii) a counter-clockwise eddy in the bottom part of the molten bath dominated by the electromagnetic force. Meanwhile, the main heated region of the molten bath with the plasma arc–molten bath–cavity coupling was in the radial range of 0.2–0.6 m, and a high-temperature region was formed on the top surface of the molten bath caused by plasma shear stress.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/3/390cavityplasma arcflow fieldheating rateelectric arc furnace |
| spellingShingle | Conglin Yao Zhouhua Jiang Hongchun Zhu Tao Pan Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF Metals cavity plasma arc flow field heating rate electric arc furnace |
| title | Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF |
| title_full | Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF |
| title_short | Characteristics Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heating Rate of a Molten Bath Utilizing a Unified Model in a DC EAF |
| title_sort | characteristics analysis of fluid flow and heating rate of a molten bath utilizing a unified model in a dc eaf |
| topic | cavity plasma arc flow field heating rate electric arc furnace |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/3/390 |
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