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Numerical Simulation on Multiphase Flow in the Two Side-Blown Oxygen-Enriched Copper Smelting Furnace

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CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016

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In order to understand flow regularity and select oxygen lancer operating parameters of the two side-blown oxygen-enriched copper smelting process, commercial software Ansys/Fluent13.0 was used to simulate the flow characteristics of multiphase flow in the bath under different nozzle arrangement. The results showed that when the nozzle arrangement was compact, the stirring effect of gas was enhanced and the local velocity and turbulent kinetic energy of the fluid increased while the fluctuation of copper matte layer was intensified. Meanwhile, local gas holdup also increased, which caused uneven distribution of gas near the oxygen lacer. However, when the nozzle arrangement was sparse, the stirring strength decreased in the smelting zone. The flow fields obtained by PIV technology agreed well with the CFD results, which indicated that the numerical simulation results were reliable. The results above provided theoretical foundation for the further study on the two side-blown copper smelting process.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Ecological Untilization of Multi-metal Intergrown Ores of Education Ministry, School of Materials and Metallurgy of Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Liu Guanting, Liu Yan, Li Xiaolong & Zhang Ting-an

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

    Laurentiu Nastac (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry) (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry)

  2. University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  3. Yangtze River Scholars, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  4. University of Illinois, USA

    Brian G. Thomas (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium) (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium)

  5. Northeastern University (NEU), Shenyang, China

    Miaoyong Zhu (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS) (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS)

  6. Metallurgy Department, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

    Andreas Ludwig (Full Professor) (Full Professor)

  7. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

    Adrian S. Sabau (Senior Research Staff Member) (Senior Research Staff Member)

  8. University of Greenwich, London, UK

    Koulis Pericleous (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis) (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis)

  9. Ecole des Mines de Nancy (Lorraine University), France

    Hervé Combeau (professor) (professor)

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Guanting, L., Yan, L., Xiaolong, L., Ting-an, Z. (2016). Numerical Simulation on Multiphase Flow in the Two Side-Blown Oxygen-Enriched Copper Smelting Furnace. In: Nastac, L., et al. CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65133-0_22

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