Numerical modeling of multiphase flow in gas stirred ladles: From a multiscale point of view

L Li, X Li, Z Zhu, B Li - Powder technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present a review of numerical models for the gas-steel-slag three-phase
flow in gas-stirred ladles. The modeling frameworks is classified as: mixture model …

The state-of-the-art in the top submerged lance gas injection technology: A review

Y Wang, J Wang, L Cao, Z Cheng, B Blanpain… - … Materials Transactions B, 2022 - Springer
The significance of the Top Submerged Lance (TSL) technology/process is continuously
increasing in metal production and recycling fields. A large number of studies have been …

Numerical understanding on refractory flow-induced erosion and reaction-induced corrosion patterns in ladle refining process

Q Wang, C Liu, L Pan, Z He, G Li, Q Wang - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2022 - Springer
For a deeper understanding of the flow-induced erosion and reaction-induced corrosion of
the MgO–C refractory lining in an actual ladle refining process, this study proposed a …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of Bubble Transportation, Expansion, as Well as Adhesion of Inclusions in a Ladle With Different Tuyeres

X Li, D Wang, J Tian, H Wang, T Qu, D Hou… - … Materials Transactions B, 2024 - Springer
A new model is developed to describe the coalescence and breakup between bubbles and
inclusions. In this model, the density of bubble attached inclusions is calculated through …

Multiscale and adaptive modeling of bubbling flow and slag layer behavior in gas-stirring vessels

L Li, W Xu, X Li, X Sun, G Yang, Z Zhu - JOM, 2023 - Springer
The bubble transportation and bubble–steel–slag interactions in gas-stirring vessels in
metallurgical processes is a quite complicated multiphase flow, intricate with multiple time …

Large bubble-resolved direct numerical simulation for multiphase flow applied to gas-stirred ladles: Grid resolution and plug eccentricity effects

Q Li, PC Pistorius - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2023 - Springer
There is a need for bubble-scale modeling of bubbly multiphase turbulent flow in gas-stirred
reactors, with a direct resolution of bubble formation, bubble shape, bubble deformation …

[HTML][HTML] Flow and mixing behavior in a new bottom blown copper smelting furnace

P Shao, L Jiang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
A mathematical model was developed to describe gas–liquid flow and mixing behavior in a
new bottom blown oxygen copper smelting furnace, and the model validation was carried …

Ladle eye formation due to bottom gas injection: A reassessment of experimental data

AN Conejo, W Feng - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2022 - Springer
The ladle furnace was a watershed in the evolution of steelmaking when it was invented in
the 1980s. Both the BOF and the EAF were assigned a more specialized role. The ladle …

[HTML][HTML] Resolving gas bubbles ascending in liquid metal from low-SNR neutron radiography images

M Birjukovs, P Trtik, A Kaestner, J Hovind, M Klevs… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
We demonstrate a new image processing methodology for resolving gas bubbles travelling
through liquid metal from dynamic neutron radiography images with an intrinsically low …

Interface-resolved simulation of bubbles–metal–slag multiphase system in a gas-stirred ladle

Q Li, PC Pistorius - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2021 - Springer
A grid-filtered scale interface-resolved volume of fluid (VoF) model coupling a sub-grid scale
large eddy simulation (LES) was used to directly simulate bubble behavior and the evolution …