Transport phenomena in copper bath smelting and converting processes–A review of experimental and modeling studies

K Song, A Jokilaakso - Mineral Processing and Extractive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Bath smelting and converting technologies for copper production have been improved,
resulting in higher production efficiency and less polluting emissions. Reported studies on …

Mathematical simulation of impact cavity and gas–liquid two-phase flow in top–bottom blown converter with Eulerian-multifluid VOF model

J Zhang, W Lou, P Shao, M Zhu - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions …, 2022 - Springer
In top–bottom combined blown converter-steelmaking process, cavity shape created by
oxygen jet of top lance impacting liquid metal surface and gas–liquid flow caused by bottom …

Effect of bottom blowing mode on fluid flow and mixing behavior in converter

J Sun, J Zhang, W Lin, X Feng, Q Liu - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bottom blowing agitation plays a crucial role in improving the reaction kinetics condition of
molten bath during the steelmaking process. Herein, the influence of bottom blowing mode …

Toward the bath flow interaction of a 250 t combined top and bottom blowing converter based on a mathematical modeling

X Zhou, Y Liu, P Ni, S Peng - steel research international, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, the fluid mechanical aspects involving flow interactions between flows formed by the
top impinging jet and bottom blowing bubbles in a combined blowing converter bath are …

Converter Steelmaking

VV Visuri, L Holappa - Treatise on Process Metallurgy, 2024 - Elsevier
The basic idea of converter processes is to convert carbon-rich liquid, blast furnace hot
metal to low-carbon steel. The converter processes emerged in the mid-19th century with the …

Physical and mathematical modeling of multiphase flows in a converter

L Cao, Y Wang, Q Liu, X Feng - Isij International, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Fluid flow in converter bath, affecting the viability, effectiveness, and efficiency of
steelmaking, plays a critical role in the productivity and quality level that can be achieved in …

An experimental study on gas–liquid flow and mixing behavior in a copper side-blown smelting furnace

Y Xiao, J Wang, T Lu, F Liu, C Lv, H Zhao - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The side-blown smelting technology has been widely adopted in the smelting of complex
copper concentrate. This study investigated the flow field distribution in the copper smelting …

Investigation of the splashing characteristics of lead slag in side-blown bath melting process

Q Zou, J Hu, S Yang, H Wang, G Deng - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aiming at the melt splashing behavior in the smelting process of an oxygen-enriched side-
blowing furnace, the volume of fluid model and the realizable k− ε turbulence model are …

Physical and mathematical modeling of swirling gas jets impinging onto a liquid bath using a novel nozzles‐twisted lance

L Li, M Li, L Shao, Q Li, Z Zou - steel research international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Physical and mathematical modeling is performed in a 10: 1 scaled‐down basic oxygen
furnace (BOF) steelmaking vessel to study impingement onto a bath of swirling gas jets from …

Simulation and application of submerged CO2–O2 injection in EAF steelmaking: combined blowing equipment arrangement and industrial application

G Wei, R Zhu, S Yang, X Wu… - Ironmaking & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Submerged CO2–O2 injection is a new method for electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking.
And it's necessary to optimize the arrangement of submerged nozzles and oven wall oxygen …