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DETERMINATING THE POWER OF MIXING OF A METAL BATH DURING PROCESSING IN A LADLE FURNACE

1 WARZECHA Marek
Co-authors:
1 HUTNY M. Artur 2 MERDER Tomasz
Institutions:
1 Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland, EU, warzecha.marek@wip.pcz.pl
2 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, EU, tomasz.merder@polsl.pl
Conference:
27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 23rd - 25th 2018
Proceedings:
Proceedings 27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
209-214
ISBN:
978-80-87294-84-0
ISSN:
2694-9296
Published:
24th October 2018
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

In modern metallurgical processes, the mixing of a metal bath is a basic operation that allows achieving a state of close chemical and thermal homogenization of liquid steel after the insertion of the alloy addition. Mixing also increases the efficiency of removing non-metallic inclusions. Research into metal bath mixing processes contributes to the optimization of steelmaking processes.The article presents the calculations made at the conditions prevailing in a ladle furnace with a volume of 145 Mg liquid steel. The effect of mixing power of argon on chemical homogenization bath was determined. The mixing power values for the argon flow rates in the ladle QAr = 100-500 [dm3/min] were calculated.

Keywords: Steelmaking, ladle furnace, mixing power

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