Mathematical modelling of the tundish inertization practice

Bernardo Martins Braga, Roberto Parreiras Tavares

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Engineering School, Federal University of Minas Gerais,Ave. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2014.2.0485

Abstract:

The inertization practice for a 17.7 tons of steel continuous casting tundish has been studied by means of a threedimensional non-isothermal mathematical model. The model considers a single gaseous phase composed of argon and air. Turbulence was accounted for with the standard k-ε model. The calculations were carried out using the commercial CFD software ANSYS CFX. Different configurations of the inertization system were simulated and a novel approach was utilized to discuss model findings. The results indicated that the present configuration is ineffective and new ones were suggested.

Cite as:

Braga, B., & Tavares, R. (2014). Mathematical modelling of the tundish inertization practice. Computer Methods in Materials Science, 14(2), 138 – 149. https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2014.2.0485

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