A review on swirling flow casting technology in steel production

Q Xie, M Nabeel, M Ersson, P Ni - steel research international, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Casting is a vital process in steel production where solidification process of molten steel
occurs in mold coupled with fluid flow, heat transfer, crystal growth, inclusion motion, solute …

Flow field, heat transfer and inclusion behavior in a round bloom mold under effect of a swirling flow submerged entry nozzle

Q Xie, P Ni, T Tanaka, M Ersson, Y Li - Journal of Iron and Steel Research …, 2023 - Springer
Flow field, heat transfer and inclusion behavior in a 700 mm round bloom mold under the
effect of a swirling flow submerged entry nozzle (SEN) were investigated with the aim to …

Solution of three-dimensional temperature and turbulent velocity field in continuously cast steel billets with electromagnetic stirring by a meshless method

R Vertnik, K Mramor, B Šarler - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper demonstrates the development of meshless Local Radial Basis Function
Collocation Method (LRBFCM) for solution of three dimensional (3D) turbulent molten steel …

Experimental study of the mold flow induced by a swirling flow nozzle and electromagnetic stirring for continuous casting of round blooms

D Schurmann, B Willers, G Hackl, Y Tang… - … Materials Transactions B, 2019 - Springer
This study focuses on an experimental investigation of the fluid flow in round bloom
continuous casting using a 1: 3 model of the industrial casting process. A swirling flow …

Large eddy simulation of transient transport and entrapment of particle during slab continuous casting

Y Yin, J Zhang - Journal of Iron and Steel Research International, 2022 - Springer
To investigate the transient transport and entrapment of argon bubbles and inclusions
simultaneously during continuous casting, a 3D large eddy simulation model coupling …

Mathematical modelling of inclusion motion and entrapment in billet mould with effect of electromagnetic stirring

Y Yin, J Zhang, Q Dong… - Ironmaking & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In-mould electromagnetic stirring (M-EMS) is a widely used technique during continuously
casting (CC). To investigate the M-EMS effect on the inclusion motion and entrapment in a …

Modelling on inclusion motion and entrapment during the full solidification in curved billet caster

Y Yin, J Zhang, Q Dong, Y Li - Metals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Inclusions entrapped by the solidifying front during continuous casting would deteriorate the
properties of the final steel products. In order to investigate the inclusion motion and the …

A study on the nonmetallic inclusion motions in a swirling flow submerged entry nozzle in a new cylindrical tundish design

P Ni, M Ersson, LTI Jonsson, PG Jönsson - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Different sizes and shapes of nonmetallic inclusions in a swirling flow submerged entry
nozzle (SEN) placed in a new tundish design were investigated by using a Lagrangian …

Removal and distribution behaviors of inclusion particles in the steel melt under different rotation modes during continuous casting

S Zhang, Z Liu, Y Yuan, X Xie, M Wang, X Liu, W Mu… - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This work investigated the removal and distribution behaviors of non-metallic inclusion
particles caused by the flow of molten steel under two rotational modes, ie from edge to …

Application of a swirling flow producer in a conventional tundish during continuous casting of steel

P Ni, LTI Jonsson, M Ersson, PG Jönsson - ISIJ International, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A swirling flow producer was designed for a conventional tundish in order to produce a
swirling flow in the SEN driven by the steel flow potential. CFD simulations were carried out …