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A unified representation of the two-phase plume characteristics in gas-stirred ladle systems

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Abbreviations

d0 :

diameter of injection nozzle, m

Frm :

modified Froude number (= ρgU 20 /Δρgd0)

Fr:

Froude number (= 2p /gL)

g:

acceleration due to gravity

L:

depth of liquid in the vessel

Q:

gas flow rate, m3/s

AR:

radius of the vessel, m

rαmax/2 :

half-radius of the plume at any axial height, m

rαmax/2 :

(Z0) half-radius of the plume at the axial height, Z0, m

U0 :

free space velocity through the injection nozzle m/s

Up :

average plume rise velocity, m/s

α:

gas volume fraction

ρL:

liquid density, kg m−3

ρ:

density, kg m−3

Z0 :

the axial station at which the centerline or maximum gas voidage is 50 pct

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Sudhakar, V., Mazumdar, D. A unified representation of the two-phase plume characteristics in gas-stirred ladle systems. Metall Mater Trans B 27, 704–708 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915674

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