Removal of Inclusions using Swirling Flow in a Single-Strand Tundish
ISIJ INTERNATIONAL(2022)
Abstract
Swirling flow tundish was developed to enhance the coalescence of inclusions, so as to deeply clean the liquid steel. Inclusions would gather to the center of the swirling flow by centripetal force, due to the density difference between inclusions and liquid steel. Thus, small inclusions can coalesce into larger ones, and then float to the free surface by their self-buoyance. Physical experiments were carried out in a 1/2.5 scale single strand tundish to study the flow characteristics of tundish with swirling chamber. Numerical modeling was developed to simulate the movements of small inclusions in swirling flow. Discrete phase model was employed together with the O'Rourke algorithm to characterize the coalescence of the inclusions in the swirling flow. The removal of inclusions was investigated, considering the absorption by upper slag and trapping by outside wall of ladle shroud. Compared with a turbulence inhibitor, a swirling chamber shows a similar effect on flow improvement, while performs better in inclusion removal, owing to the inclusion coalescence caused by centripetal force. The results revealed that swirling chamber in diameter of 450 mm is an optimized scheme for deep cleaning of liquid steel, with only 1.66% of the inclusions flowing out of the tundish nozzle.
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Key words
swirling flow tundish, inclusion removal, inclusion coalescence, numerical simulation, water modeling
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