TY - JOUR
T1 - Flow control with local electromagnetic braking in continuous casting of steel slabs
AU - Cukierski, Kevin
AU - Thomas, Brian G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Ron O®Malley and Nucor Steel (Decatur, AL) for their assistance and use of their facilities for the experimental portion of this work. They also thank the Continuous Casting Consortium, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the National Science Foundation (Grant No. DMI 05-00453) for support of this project.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - A computational fluid flow model is applied to investigate the effects of varying submerged entry nozzle (SEN) submergence depth and electromagnetic brake (EMBr) field strength on flow in the mold cavity. The three-dimensional, steady K-ε model of the nozzle and liquid cavity in the mold used the magnetic induction method in FLUENT to incorporate the localized-type static EMBr field measured at a steel plant. The model was validated by comparing results with an analytical solution and with nail board and oscillation mark measurements collected at the plant. Increasing EMBr strength at a constant SEN depth is found to cause a deeper jet impingement, weaker upper recirculation zone and meniscus velocity, and a smaller meniscus wave. Increasing SEN depth without EMBr caused the same trends. Increasing SEN depth at a constant EMBr strength brought about the opposite: higher meniscus velocity, larger meniscus wave, and deeper penetration depth. Using the knowledge gained from this model, electromagnetic forces can be controlled to stabilize the fluid flow in the mold cavity and thereby minimize casting defects.
AB - A computational fluid flow model is applied to investigate the effects of varying submerged entry nozzle (SEN) submergence depth and electromagnetic brake (EMBr) field strength on flow in the mold cavity. The three-dimensional, steady K-ε model of the nozzle and liquid cavity in the mold used the magnetic induction method in FLUENT to incorporate the localized-type static EMBr field measured at a steel plant. The model was validated by comparing results with an analytical solution and with nail board and oscillation mark measurements collected at the plant. Increasing EMBr strength at a constant SEN depth is found to cause a deeper jet impingement, weaker upper recirculation zone and meniscus velocity, and a smaller meniscus wave. Increasing SEN depth without EMBr caused the same trends. Increasing SEN depth at a constant EMBr strength brought about the opposite: higher meniscus velocity, larger meniscus wave, and deeper penetration depth. Using the knowledge gained from this model, electromagnetic forces can be controlled to stabilize the fluid flow in the mold cavity and thereby minimize casting defects.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11663-007-9109-3
DO - 10.1007/s11663-007-9109-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40249110551
SN - 1073-5615
VL - 39
SP - 94
EP - 107
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
IS - 1
ER -