Development of the Simulation Software for Secondary Cooling Heat Transfer in Beam Blank Continuous Casting Process Based on FLUENT

Abstract:

A 2D mathematical Model for heat transfer during solidification in the secondary cooling was established on researching the process of beam blank continuous casting. Meanwhile, the boundary conditions of heat transfer was subdivided into four parts, which is the radiation, spray cooling, heat conduction through roller and water accumulated evaporation in secondary cooling zoon, and improved the results accuracy. Moreover, heat transfer simulation software was designed and developed by a 2D mathematical Model based on FLUENT. The secondary development language UDF (User Define Function) and Scheme (a dialect of LISP) of FLUENT were used during the development. The software provided a platform for researching on the solidification and optimization of a secondary cooling system for a caster machine of beam blank.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 538-541)
• Pages: 2071-2076
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.538-541.2071
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Qiang Liu, Wei Feng Xue, Jian Wu Yan, Deng Fu Chen, Jian Feng Ma
• Keywords: Continuous Casting, Fluent, Heat Transfer, Secondary Cooling, Simulation

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