Numerical simulation of influence of bottom blowing gas supply mode on converter mixing effect
XUE Rui1,2, ZHANG Yan-chao1,2, ZHANG Cai-jun1,2, WANG Chong-jun3, LIU Zhi-yuan3
1. College of Metallurgy and Energy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China; 2. Hebei Engineering Research Center of High Quality Steel Continuous Casting, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China; 3. Steelmaking Department, Tangshan Heavy Plate Co., Ltd., Tangshan 063210, Hebei, China
Abstract:By means of numerical simulation, taking a 300 t converter in a steel mill in the north as the prototype, a three-dimensional model of the bottom blowing converter was established. The effect of argon blowing at the converter bottom on the mixing effects of converter under the non-uniform gas supply system was studied, and the design scheme was optimized. The results showed that with the increase of bottom blowing argon flow rate, the average velocity and the average turbulent kinetic energy in the molten pool increased, and the proportion of the weak flow zone decreased, but the proportion of dead zone decreases less. When the argon flow rate of a single plug brick was 440 m3/h, the average velocity of the flow distribution ratio of 1∶1, 2∶1, 3∶1 and 4∶1 was 0.189, 0.204, 0.167 and 0.168 m/s, respectively. And the dead zone ratio was 17.5%, 11.60%, 23.53% and 20.23%, respectively. The mixing effect of converter was the best when the flow distribution ratio was 2∶1, followed by 1∶1 and 4∶1, and the worst was when the distribution ratio was 3∶1.
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