Physical Simulation of Inclusions Removal in 180t RH Degasser

Abstract:

As one of the important refining equipments between steelmaking and continuous casting, RH vacuum refining plays an important role in removing the inclusions in the molten steel.RH can improve steel quality largely and meet the demand of mass production of high additional value. On the base of the similarity principle, a water model was developed to study the influence factors of inclusion removal in the molten steel of 180 tons RH vacuum refining device.Liquid steel is simulated by Nacl solution, the air is approximate argon, polypropylene simulate inclusions and NaHCO₃ simulate composite particles. The influence regularity of lift gas flow rate, submersion depth of snorkels and the input amount of NaHCO₃ on the inclusions removal rate have been discussed and the optimal values for each influence factor have been found.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 750-752)
• Pages: 375-379
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.750-752.375
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Chun Jie Yang, Fu Ping Tang, Tao He, Qiang Fu
• Keywords: Inclusion, Physical Simulation, RH Degasser

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