[HTML][HTML] A review of physical and numerical approaches for the study of gas stirring in ladle metallurgy

Y Liu, M Ersson, H Liu, PG Jönsson, Y Gan - Metallurgical and materials …, 2019 - Springer
This article presents a review of the research into gas stirring in ladle metallurgy carried out
over the past few decades. Herein, the physical modeling experiments are divided into four …

Numerical simulation of fluid flow and interfacial behavior in three‐phase argon‐stirred ladles with one plug and dual plugs

H Liu, Z Qi, M Xu - Steel research international, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical investigation is performed to describe the quasi‐steady fluid flow and interfacial
behavior in a three‐phase argon gas‐stirred ladle with off‐centered bottom Ar injection …

[HTML][HTML] Water model and CFD-PBM coupled model of gas-liquid-slag three-phase flow in ladle metallurgy

L Li, Z Liu, B Li, H Matsuura, F Tsukihashi - ISIJ International, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In ladle metallurgy, the role of argon gas purging in liquid steel is well recognized. One key
aspect of this process is the prediction of gas volume fraction and gas bubble diameter …

CFD modeling of plume and free surface behavior resulting from a sub-sea gas release

S Cloete, JE Olsen, P Skjetne - Applied Ocean Research, 2009 - Elsevier
A 3D, transient, mathematical model was developed to simulate the plume and free surface
behavior resulting from a sub-sea gas pipe rupture. A coupled volume of fluid (VOF) and …

Numerical simulation of steel and argon gas two-phase flow in continuous casting using LES+ VOF+ DPM model

W Chen, Y Ren, L Zhang, PR Scheller - Jom, 2019 - Springer
A coupled three-dimensional model, including Large Eddy Simulation model, Lagrangian
Discrete Phase Model and VOF multiphase model was developed to investigate the …

Large eddy simulation of bubbly flow and slag layer behavior in ladle with discrete phase model (DPM)–volume of fluid (VOF) coupled model

L Li, Z Liu, M Cao, B Li - Jom, 2015 - Springer
In the ladle metallurgy process, the bubble movement and slag layer behavior is very
important to the refining process and steel quality. For the bubble–liquid flow, bubble …

Numerical simulation of slag eye formation and slag entrapment in a bottom-blown argon-stirred ladle

W Liu, H Tang, S Yang, M Wang, J Li, Q Liu… - … Materials Transactions B, 2018 - Springer
A transient mathematical model is developed for simulating the bubble-steel-slag-top gas
four-phase flow in a bottom-blown argon-stirred ladle with a 70-ton capacity. The …

Investigation of the air-argon-steel-slag flow in an industrial RH reactor with VOF–DPM coupled model

G Chen, S He, Y Li - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2017 - Springer
A coupled three-dimensional volume of fluid method–discrete phase model (VOF–DPM) is
developed to investigate the air-argon-steel-slag flow in an industrial Rheinsahl–Heraeus …

Numerical study of coalescence and breakup in a bubble column using a hybrid volume of fluid and discrete bubble model approach

D Jain, JAM Kuipers, NG Deen - Chemical Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, two powerful methods are combined for bubble column simulations namely, the
volume of fluid and the discrete bubble model. While the former method takes care of the …

Effect of gas blown modes on mixing phenomena in a bottom stirring ladle with dual plugs

T Haiyan, G Xiaochen, W Guanghui, W Yong - ISIJ International, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Gas stirring plays a significant role in steelmaking process. The stirring effect is often
assessed by the mixing time. In the past, the effects of many factors such as the number and …