Mechanical stirring for highly efficient gas injection refining

高效喷气精炼过程中的机械搅拌(英文)

In gas injection refining processes,wide dispersion of small bubbles in the bath is indispensable for high refining efficiency.Eccentric mechanical stirring with unidirectional impeller rotation was tested using a water model for pursuing better bubble disintegration and dispersion.Effects of various factors on bubble disintegration and dispersion were investigated.These factors were stirring mode,eccentricity and rotation speed,nozzle structure,nozzle immersion depth,and gas flow rate.Gas injection from a nozzle at the end of the impeller shaft and from an immersed lance was studied.Under eccentric stirring,a vortex was formed away from the shaft.Small bubbles were produced in the strong turbulence or high shear stress field near the rotating impeller and moved in the direction to the vortex keeping up with the macroscopic flow induced by the mechanical stirring.Thus small bubbles could disperse widely in the bath under eccentric stirring with unidirectional rotation.

在喷气精炼过程中,气泡的分散和细化是提高精炼效率的必要条件。在水模型实验中应用了单向的偏心搅拌模式来寻找最佳的气泡微细化条件。影响气泡微细化的因素有:搅拌模式、偏心度、搅拌转速、喷嘴结构、喷嘴的浸入深度以及气体流量。气体的喷入方式包括两种,一是从搅拌桨下方的喷嘴中直接喷入,二是从一个位于搅拌桨下方的弯管中喷入。在偏心搅拌模式下,漩涡远离了搅拌桨的轴心,小气泡产生于搅拌桨附近的强湍流或高剪切应力场中,随着机械搅拌产生的宏观流向漩涡方向移动。因此,单向的偏心搅拌模式能促进气泡在溶池内的细化和分散。