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Liquid Mixing Characteristics in Top-Blown Process

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The planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique is applied to investigate the flow and liquid mixing characteristics in submerged top-blow process. The liquid mixing effects are analyzed in terms of plane mixing uniformity U(t) and mixing time t95 at different air flow rate and lance submergence depth. Based on experimental data, the liquid mixing process has been divided into three stages by mixing uniformity U, the beginning stage (0.9 < U < 1) , the interim stage (0.1 < U < 0.9) and the end stage (0 < U < 0.1), the value of U drops slowly in the beginning stage and the end stage, but drops rapidly in the interim stage. The mixing time t95 is decreased obviously when increasing the air flow rate and lance submergence depth. There are significant local mixing differences in the liquid mixing process when the lance submergence depth is small. The local difference decreases evidently as the air flow rate and the lance submergence depth increase. The local differences are gradually eliminated when the lance approaches the container bottom.

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We graciously acknowledge Dr. Xiaohui Zhang in Kunming University of Science and Technology for his warmly help in the experiments.

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Our work has been financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51666006, U1602272) and Yunnan Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund Project (no. 2017FD080).

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China

    Rong Chen & Yu Ai

  2. State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China

    Shiming Zhang & Han Zhang

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Rong Chen, Zhang, S., Ai, Y. et al. Liquid Mixing Characteristics in Top-Blown Process. Theor Found Chem Eng 55, 417–425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579521030039

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