Water model study on the mechanism of inclusion removal in a continuous casting tundish

The effects of flow control devices, casting speed of liquid steel and inclusion size on inclusion removal in a continuous casting tundish were investigated by choosing emulsion drops to simulate inclusions in a water model. The results show that the efficiency of inclusion removal in the tundish with weir and dams is relatively high due to the collision and aggregation of inclusions in high turbulence region and the improvement of flow field in the tundish. Although adding turbulence inhibitor into the tundish changes fluid flow little in pouring region, it has not much effect on the efficiency of inclusion removal. It seems to be difficult to improve the efficiency of inclusion removal only by optimizing the flow control devices in the tundish with high casting speed of liquid steel.