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Transient fluid flow and superheat transport in continuous casting of steel slabs

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The turbulent flow of molten steel and the superheat transport in the mold region of a continuous caster of thin steel slabs are investigated with transient large-eddy simulations and plant experiments. The predicted fluid velocities matched measurements taken from dye-injection experiments on full-scale water models of the process. The corresponding predicted temperatures matched measurements by thermocouples lowered into the molten steel during continuous casting. The classic double-roll flow pattern is confirmed for this 132×984 mm slab caster at a 1.52 m/min casting speed, with about 85 pct of the single-phase flow leaving the two side ports of the three-port nozzle. The temperature in the top portion of the molten pool dropped to about 30 pct of the superheat-temperature difference entering the mold of 58 °C. About 12 pct of the superheat is extracted at the narrow face, where the peak heat flux averages almost 750 kW/m2 and the instantaneous peaks exceed 1500 kW/m2. Two-thirds of the superheat is removed in the mold. The jets exiting the nozzle ports exhibit chaotic variations, producing temperature fluctuations in the upper liquid pool of ±4 °C and peak heat-flux variations of±350 kW/m2. Employing a static-k subgrid-scale (SGS) model into the three-dimensional (3-D) finite-volume code had little effect on the solution.

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  1. the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, IL

    B. Zhao (Graduate Student), B. G. Thomas (Professor) & S. P. Vanka (Professor)

  2. Nucor Steel Decatur LLC, 35609, Decatur, AL

    R. J. O’Malley (Plant Metallurgist)

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Zhao, B., Thomas, B.G., Vanka, S.P. et al. Transient fluid flow and superheat transport in continuous casting of steel slabs. Metall Mater Trans B 36, 801–823 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-005-0083-3

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