底吹条件下电弧炉炼钢熔池的流体流动特性
Fluid flow characteristics of molten bath with bottom-blowing in EAF steelmaking
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摘要: 电弧炉炼钢广泛采用底吹技术以强化熔池搅拌、加速冶金反应和提升产品质量.本文通过数值模拟和水模型实验研究了底吹条件下电弧炉炼钢熔池内流体流动特性, 分析了底吹流股对流体流动的影响作用规律.随底吹流量的增加, 熔池平均流动速度增加, 熔池内“死区”体积减小.同时结合工业生产实测数据, 发现电弧炉底吹技术的运用可通过强化熔池搅拌, 加快熔池内热量传递, 均匀熔池钢液温度, 有效加快炼钢熔池的热量传递和整体升温速率, 大大提高冶炼过程热量的利用效率.Abstract: Bottom-blowing technology is widely adopted in electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking to promote the molten bath fluid flow, accelerate the metallurgical reaction and improve the quality of molten steel.In this study, a water model experiment and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model were established to investigate the fluid flow characteristics of molten bath with bottom-blowing in EAF steelmaking process and the effects of bottom-blowing gas on the fluid flow were analyzed.Meanwhile, based on industrial application research, the heat transfer in the molten bath with bottom-blowing was analyzed.Compared with traditional smelting conditions without bottom-blowing, bottom-blowing technology can strengthen the stirring of the molten bath, promote the heating rate and the temperature homogeneity of the molten bath.Hence, bottom-blowing technology greatly improves the efficiency of energy utility in EAF steelmaking.