CFD Study on Flow Characteristics of BOF Gas in Evaporating Cooler

Abstract:

Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) gas dry dedusting technology is the main orientation of steelmaking industry. It has technical superiority in high efficiency energy conversion, energy saving and emission control and clean environmental protection fields, and it can decrease water consumption greatly, have high efficiency for steam and gas recovery, and reduce environmental pollution, and it is a key technology for realization of high-efficiency energy conversion in the contemporary steelmaking. The evaporating cooler is a key facility of temperature control for the BOF gas; it plays an important role in dedusting process. The CFD numerical simulation on flow characteristics of BOF gas in evaporating cooler has been accomplished. The gas velocity distribution, temperature distribution and dust distribution in the evaporating cooler are simulated by CFD. According to the result of research, a number of optimizations are applied in engineering, and have been proven by the outstanding performance in operating practice.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 875-877)
• Pages: 901-905
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.901
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Fu Ming Zhang, Shu Sen Cheng, Hong Zhou, Jing Jing Zhao
• Keywords: BOF Gas Cleaning, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Evaporating Cooler, Optimum Design

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