Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are anal...Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are analyzed using experimental methods and numerical simulations in the high-temperature environment of electric arc furnace(EAF)steelmaking.The SC coherent jet achieved stable combustion in the EAF steelmaking environment.The simulated combustion temperature of the supersonic shrouding methane gas was 2930 K,slightly below the theoretical combustion temperature of methane–oxygen gas.The high speed and temperature of the supersonic flame effectively weakened the interaction between the main oxygen jet and the external ambient gas,inhibiting the radial expansion of the main oxygen jet and maintaining its high speed and low turbulence over a long distance.These features improved the impact capacity of the coherent jet and strengthened the stirring intensity in the EAF bath.展开更多
Coherent jet technology has been widely used in EAF steelmaking process because of the longer potential core length and stronger impacting power of the supersonic oxygen jet. However, more oxygen and fuel gas are cons...Coherent jet technology has been widely used in EAF steelmaking process because of the longer potential core length and stronger impacting power of the supersonic oxygen jet. However, more oxygen and fuel gas are consumed to achieve excel- lent characteristics of coherent jets, which causes the increase in steelmaking cost. Computational fluid dynamics simulation and experimental measurement of the coherent jets with CH4 ＋ N2 mixed fuel gas were carried out aiming at reducing the consumption of fuel gas. The numerical simulation results showed good agreement with the experimental data. As a result, high proportion of N2 negatively affects the combustion of CH4, which is not good for the protection of oxygen jets. While the gas composition is 75% CH4 ＋ 25% N2, the N2 addition to the CH4 leads to an expanding of CH4 combustion zone, and the energy generated by the combustion reaction could be delivered to the molten bath more efficiently, which is one control scheme with high performance-price ratio.展开更多
The supersonic oxygen supply technology, including the coherent supersonic jet and the conventional supersonic jet, is now widely adopted in electric arc furnace steelmaking process to increase the bath stirring, reac...The supersonic oxygen supply technology, including the coherent supersonic jet and the conventional supersonic jet, is now widely adopted in electric arc furnace steelmaking process to increase the bath stirring, reaction rates and energy efficiency. However, there has been limited study on the impact characteristics of the coherent supersonic jet and the conventional supersonic jet. Thus, integrating theoretical models and numerical simulations, an optimized theoretical model was developed to calculate the volume of the impact zone generated by coherent and conventional supersonic jets. The optimized theoretical model was validated by water model experiments. The results show that the jet impact zone volume with coherent supersonic jet is much larger than that with conventional supersonic jet at the same lance height. The kd value, a newly defined variable that is the product of the dimensionless quantity of velocity and free distance, reflects the velocity attenuation and the potential core length of the main supersonic jet, which is a key parameter of the optimized theoretical model. The optimized theoretical model can well predict the jet impact zone volumes of coherent and conventional supersonic jets with the error no more than 3.62 and 9.37%, respectively.展开更多
基金financially supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. FRF-GF18-008B)
文摘Based on a current coherent jet,this study proposes a supersonic combustion(SC)coherent jet in which the main oxygen jet is surrounded by a supersonic fuel gas.The characteristics of the proposed coherent jet are analyzed using experimental methods and numerical simulations in the high-temperature environment of electric arc furnace(EAF)steelmaking.The SC coherent jet achieved stable combustion in the EAF steelmaking environment.The simulated combustion temperature of the supersonic shrouding methane gas was 2930 K,slightly below the theoretical combustion temperature of methane–oxygen gas.The high speed and temperature of the supersonic flame effectively weakened the interaction between the main oxygen jet and the external ambient gas,inhibiting the radial expansion of the main oxygen jet and maintaining its high speed and low turbulence over a long distance.These features improved the impact capacity of the coherent jet and strengthened the stirring intensity in the EAF bath.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 51574021 and 51474024）.
文摘Coherent jet technology has been widely used in EAF steelmaking process because of the longer potential core length and stronger impacting power of the supersonic oxygen jet. However, more oxygen and fuel gas are consumed to achieve excel- lent characteristics of coherent jets, which causes the increase in steelmaking cost. Computational fluid dynamics simulation and experimental measurement of the coherent jets with CH4 ＋ N2 mixed fuel gas were carried out aiming at reducing the consumption of fuel gas. The numerical simulation results showed good agreement with the experimental data. As a result, high proportion of N2 negatively affects the combustion of CH4, which is not good for the protection of oxygen jets. While the gas composition is 75% CH4 ＋ 25% N2, the N2 addition to the CH4 leads to an expanding of CH4 combustion zone, and the energy generated by the combustion reaction could be delivered to the molten bath more efficiently, which is one control scheme with high performance-price ratio.
文摘The supersonic oxygen supply technology, including the coherent supersonic jet and the conventional supersonic jet, is now widely adopted in electric arc furnace steelmaking process to increase the bath stirring, reaction rates and energy efficiency. However, there has been limited study on the impact characteristics of the coherent supersonic jet and the conventional supersonic jet. Thus, integrating theoretical models and numerical simulations, an optimized theoretical model was developed to calculate the volume of the impact zone generated by coherent and conventional supersonic jets. The optimized theoretical model was validated by water model experiments. The results show that the jet impact zone volume with coherent supersonic jet is much larger than that with conventional supersonic jet at the same lance height. The kd value, a newly defined variable that is the product of the dimensionless quantity of velocity and free distance, reflects the velocity attenuation and the potential core length of the main supersonic jet, which is a key parameter of the optimized theoretical model. The optimized theoretical model can well predict the jet impact zone volumes of coherent and conventional supersonic jets with the error no more than 3.62 and 9.37%, respectively.
