A three-dimensional mathematical model was developed to investigate the effect of gas blowing nozzle angles on multiphase flow,circulation flow rate,and mixing time during Ruhrstahl-Heraeus(RH) refining process.Also,a...A three-dimensional mathematical model was developed to investigate the effect of gas blowing nozzle angles on multiphase flow,circulation flow rate,and mixing time during Ruhrstahl-Heraeus(RH) refining process.Also,a water model with a geometric scale of 1:4 from an industrial RH furnace of 260 t was built up,and measurements were carried out to validate the mathematical model.The results show that,with a conventional gas blowing nozzle and the total gas flow rate of 40 L·min^(-1),the mixing time predicted by the mathematical model agrees well with the measured values.The deviations between the model predictions and the measured values are in the range of about 1.3%–7.3% at the selected three monitoring locations,where the mixing time was defined as the required time when the dimensionless concentration is within 3% deviation from the bath averaged value.In addition,the circulation flow rate was 9 kg·s^(-1).When the gas blowing nozzle was horizontally rotated by either 30° or 45°,the circulation flow rate was found to be increased by about 15% compared to a conventional nozzle,due to the rotational flow formed in the up-snorkel.Furthermore,the mixing time at the monitoring point 1,2,and 3 was shortened by around 21.3%,28.2%,and 12.3%,respectively.With the nozzle angle of 30° and 45°,the averaged residence time of 128 bubbles in liquid was increased by around 33.3%.展开更多
Fluid flow characteristics in a four-strand tundish with gas blowing were studied by water modeling experiments.It is found that gas blowing can greatly improve the flow characteristics in the tundish with a turbulenc...Fluid flow characteristics in a four-strand tundish with gas blowing were studied by water modeling experiments.It is found that gas blowing can greatly improve the flow characteristics in the tundish with a turbulence inhibitor.It dramatically increases the peak concentration time,and greatly decreases the dead volume,and reduces the minimum residence time.The gas blowing location,gas flow rate,and porous plug area greatly influence the flow characteristics in the tundish; the gas blowing location near the baffle,smaller gas flow rate,and smaller porous plug area are better for improving the fluid flow characteristics.Using gas blowing can reduce the difference of flows at the middle outlets and side outlets for the multi-strand tundish.Bubbles produced by gas blowing can absorb small inclusions and provide the condition for inclusion collision and aggregation.Therefore,introducing gas blowing into a tundish and combining the turbulence inhibitor can improve inclusion floating and removal,and the cleanness of molten steel can be advanced.展开更多
This article discusses and analyzes the law of nitrogen increase in liquid steel and the main factors affect-ing the nitrogen increasing of molten steel,through the way of adding nitrogen to molten steel by bottom blo...This article discusses and analyzes the law of nitrogen increase in liquid steel and the main factors affect-ing the nitrogen increasing of molten steel,through the way of adding nitrogen to molten steel by bottom blowing nitrogen gas in LF refining process.It is considered that the main factors affecting the nitrogen increasing instability of molten steel are the initial temperature of LF refining,nitrogen relative element,surface active elements[O]and[S]of steel liquid,and bottom blowing rate of ladle.The large-scale production practice shows that T[O]not more than 50×10-6 and[S]is not more than 0.020 in LF refining at the initial temperature of not less than 1570.The liquid steel nitrogen enrichment test is carried out by ladle bottom blowing nitrogen gas after 20 min of refining,the flow rate is set as(6.0~7.0)NL/min per ton,and it is turned to 2 NL/min at 6 min before the end of refining,the nitrogen increasing rate of liquid steel is basically stable at(5~6)×10-6 per minute.展开更多
The formation of slag eye in a gas stirred ladle was studied through cold models and industrial trials. In the cold model,water and sodium tungstate solution were employed to simulate liquid steel,and silicon oil was ...The formation of slag eye in a gas stirred ladle was studied through cold models and industrial trials. In the cold model,water and sodium tungstate solution were employed to simulate liquid steel,and silicon oil was employed to simulate slag. The simulation results revealed that the gas flow rate and bath height had strong effects on the slag eye size. In particular,the thickness of slag layer played a strong role in the slag eye size. In addition,the slag eye could not be formed when the thickness of the top layer was more than 4 cm in water-silicone oil model.Besides,the section area of vessel had a great impact on the slag eye size. Industrial trials results showed a similar trend that the gas flow rate was very significant on the slag eye size. The predictions of the existing models showed larger predictions deviations compared with the experimental data. Moreover,a new model without fitting parameters was developed based on force balance and mathematical derivation,and verified by the experimental data. The new model provides the prediction with small deviations by comparing with the data acquired from cold models and industrial trials.展开更多
The reentry vehicle will encounter thermal ablation,especially at the stagnation point regime.A theoretical work has been done to analyze the thermal effect of gas blowing due to thermal ablation of surface material o...The reentry vehicle will encounter thermal ablation,especially at the stagnation point regime.A theoretical work has been done to analyze the thermal effect of gas blowing due to thermal ablation of surface material on the head of a general hypersonic vehicle.By deriving the formulation,research takes into account the effect of gas blowing on the thermal dynamics balance,and then solves them by numerical discretization.It is found that gas blowing will increase the temperature and heat flux at the surface of stagnation point regime.展开更多
Gas cap blow down strategy is normally deployed for Ultra-thin oil rim reservoirs with huge gas caps due to extremely high gas oil ratios from wells in such reservoirs.The current state leads to loss of production fro...Gas cap blow down strategy is normally deployed for Ultra-thin oil rim reservoirs with huge gas caps due to extremely high gas oil ratios from wells in such reservoirs.The current state leads to loss of production from the oil reserves due to high initial reservoir pressure thus,reducing its net present value.Data on important factors essential to the productivity of oil rim reservoirs are used to build a heterogeneous ultra-thin reservoir with a time step of 10,000 days using the Eclipse software and its embedded correlations.The reservoir is subjected to a gas cap blowdown via a gas well,then an oil well is initiated into the model at onset and after time periods of 2000 days,4000 days,6000 days and 8000 days to estimate the oil recovery.It is expected that due to the large nature of the gas cap,pressure decline will be drastic and leading to a low oil recovery,hence the injection of water and gas at different rates at the periods indicated.The results indicate an oil recovery of 4.3%during gas cap blow down and 10.34%at 6000 days.Peak oil recoveries of 12.64%and 10.80%are estimated under 30,000 Mscf/day at 4000 days and 1000 stb/day at 6000 days respectively.This shows an incremental oil recovery of 8.34%and 6.5%over that recorded during gas cap blow down.The results also indicate that the gas production at those periods was not greatly affected with an estimated increment of 257 Bscf recorded during 30,000 Mscf/day at 4000 days.All secondary injection schemes at the respective time steps had positive impact on the overall oil recoveries.It is recommended that extra production and injection wells be drilled,enhanced oil recovery options and injection patterns be considered to further increase oil recovery.展开更多
By using calcium carbonate (CaCO3) powder as the blowing agent, Al foams with porosities of - 60 to 85% and pore size of - 1.5 mm were fabricated via melt-foaming method. Instead of adding a thickening agent to incr...By using calcium carbonate (CaCO3) powder as the blowing agent, Al foams with porosities of - 60 to 85% and pore size of - 1.5 mm were fabricated via melt-foaming method. Instead of adding a thickening agent to increase Al melt viscosity, a small amount of Mg ingot (5.0 wt%) was added first, and then A1 melt was foamed by adding calcium carbonate via the impellor stirring. The effect of Mg addition on the gas release behavior of calcium carbonate in the Al melt was investigated. The compression behavior of fabricated Al foams was examined. The results show that the blowing gas is possibly from the reaction between Mg and calcium carbonate, and this reaction can produce solid oxides with micrometer level size, which leads to increasing the Al melt viscosity and is beneficial for inhibiting pores coarsening. Besides, the micrometer level cracks in the cell walls make the strength of Al foam decrease.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51704062)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.N2025019)。
文摘A three-dimensional mathematical model was developed to investigate the effect of gas blowing nozzle angles on multiphase flow,circulation flow rate,and mixing time during Ruhrstahl-Heraeus(RH) refining process.Also,a water model with a geometric scale of 1:4 from an industrial RH furnace of 260 t was built up,and measurements were carried out to validate the mathematical model.The results show that,with a conventional gas blowing nozzle and the total gas flow rate of 40 L·min^(-1),the mixing time predicted by the mathematical model agrees well with the measured values.The deviations between the model predictions and the measured values are in the range of about 1.3%–7.3% at the selected three monitoring locations,where the mixing time was defined as the required time when the dimensionless concentration is within 3% deviation from the bath averaged value.In addition,the circulation flow rate was 9 kg·s^(-1).When the gas blowing nozzle was horizontally rotated by either 30° or 45°,the circulation flow rate was found to be increased by about 15% compared to a conventional nozzle,due to the rotational flow formed in the up-snorkel.Furthermore,the mixing time at the monitoring point 1,2,and 3 was shortened by around 21.3%,28.2%,and 12.3%,respectively.With the nozzle angle of 30° and 45°,the averaged residence time of 128 bubbles in liquid was increased by around 33.3%.
文摘Fluid flow characteristics in a four-strand tundish with gas blowing were studied by water modeling experiments.It is found that gas blowing can greatly improve the flow characteristics in the tundish with a turbulence inhibitor.It dramatically increases the peak concentration time,and greatly decreases the dead volume,and reduces the minimum residence time.The gas blowing location,gas flow rate,and porous plug area greatly influence the flow characteristics in the tundish; the gas blowing location near the baffle,smaller gas flow rate,and smaller porous plug area are better for improving the fluid flow characteristics.Using gas blowing can reduce the difference of flows at the middle outlets and side outlets for the multi-strand tundish.Bubbles produced by gas blowing can absorb small inclusions and provide the condition for inclusion collision and aggregation.Therefore,introducing gas blowing into a tundish and combining the turbulence inhibitor can improve inclusion floating and removal,and the cleanness of molten steel can be advanced.
文摘This article discusses and analyzes the law of nitrogen increase in liquid steel and the main factors affect-ing the nitrogen increasing of molten steel,through the way of adding nitrogen to molten steel by bottom blowing nitrogen gas in LF refining process.It is considered that the main factors affecting the nitrogen increasing instability of molten steel are the initial temperature of LF refining,nitrogen relative element,surface active elements[O]and[S]of steel liquid,and bottom blowing rate of ladle.The large-scale production practice shows that T[O]not more than 50×10-6 and[S]is not more than 0.020 in LF refining at the initial temperature of not less than 1570.The liquid steel nitrogen enrichment test is carried out by ladle bottom blowing nitrogen gas after 20 min of refining,the flow rate is set as(6.0~7.0)NL/min per ton,and it is turned to 2 NL/min at 6 min before the end of refining,the nitrogen increasing rate of liquid steel is basically stable at(5~6)×10-6 per minute.
基金financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51534001,51604003)Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province Universities(KJ2016A089)Youth Foundation of Anhui University and Technology(QZ201502)
文摘The formation of slag eye in a gas stirred ladle was studied through cold models and industrial trials. In the cold model,water and sodium tungstate solution were employed to simulate liquid steel,and silicon oil was employed to simulate slag. The simulation results revealed that the gas flow rate and bath height had strong effects on the slag eye size. In particular,the thickness of slag layer played a strong role in the slag eye size. In addition,the slag eye could not be formed when the thickness of the top layer was more than 4 cm in water-silicone oil model.Besides,the section area of vessel had a great impact on the slag eye size. Industrial trials results showed a similar trend that the gas flow rate was very significant on the slag eye size. The predictions of the existing models showed larger predictions deviations compared with the experimental data. Moreover,a new model without fitting parameters was developed based on force balance and mathematical derivation,and verified by the experimental data. The new model provides the prediction with small deviations by comparing with the data acquired from cold models and industrial trials.
基金National Key Research and Development Plan of China through the project No.2019YFA0405200.
文摘The reentry vehicle will encounter thermal ablation,especially at the stagnation point regime.A theoretical work has been done to analyze the thermal effect of gas blowing due to thermal ablation of surface material on the head of a general hypersonic vehicle.By deriving the formulation,research takes into account the effect of gas blowing on the thermal dynamics balance,and then solves them by numerical discretization.It is found that gas blowing will increase the temperature and heat flux at the surface of stagnation point regime.
文摘Gas cap blow down strategy is normally deployed for Ultra-thin oil rim reservoirs with huge gas caps due to extremely high gas oil ratios from wells in such reservoirs.The current state leads to loss of production from the oil reserves due to high initial reservoir pressure thus,reducing its net present value.Data on important factors essential to the productivity of oil rim reservoirs are used to build a heterogeneous ultra-thin reservoir with a time step of 10,000 days using the Eclipse software and its embedded correlations.The reservoir is subjected to a gas cap blowdown via a gas well,then an oil well is initiated into the model at onset and after time periods of 2000 days,4000 days,6000 days and 8000 days to estimate the oil recovery.It is expected that due to the large nature of the gas cap,pressure decline will be drastic and leading to a low oil recovery,hence the injection of water and gas at different rates at the periods indicated.The results indicate an oil recovery of 4.3%during gas cap blow down and 10.34%at 6000 days.Peak oil recoveries of 12.64%and 10.80%are estimated under 30,000 Mscf/day at 4000 days and 1000 stb/day at 6000 days respectively.This shows an incremental oil recovery of 8.34%and 6.5%over that recorded during gas cap blow down.The results also indicate that the gas production at those periods was not greatly affected with an estimated increment of 257 Bscf recorded during 30,000 Mscf/day at 4000 days.All secondary injection schemes at the respective time steps had positive impact on the overall oil recoveries.It is recommended that extra production and injection wells be drilled,enhanced oil recovery options and injection patterns be considered to further increase oil recovery.
基金This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK20171437). the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2016B06614), the Research Project of University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) (Grant No. 2015-Z06). The Guiding Capi- tal lbr Industrial Development Project of Snqian and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11472098).
文摘By using calcium carbonate (CaCO3) powder as the blowing agent, Al foams with porosities of - 60 to 85% and pore size of - 1.5 mm were fabricated via melt-foaming method. Instead of adding a thickening agent to increase Al melt viscosity, a small amount of Mg ingot (5.0 wt%) was added first, and then A1 melt was foamed by adding calcium carbonate via the impellor stirring. The effect of Mg addition on the gas release behavior of calcium carbonate in the Al melt was investigated. The compression behavior of fabricated Al foams was examined. The results show that the blowing gas is possibly from the reaction between Mg and calcium carbonate, and this reaction can produce solid oxides with micrometer level size, which leads to increasing the Al melt viscosity and is beneficial for inhibiting pores coarsening. Besides, the micrometer level cracks in the cell walls make the strength of Al foam decrease.