<p dir="ltr">Approximately 95% of global steel production relies on continuous casting, there is a need for a practical, cost-effective, and accurate method to guide real-world production. A successful integration of three individual CFD models – spray cooling model, solidification model, and carbon segregation model – was accomplished. To understand the heat transfer behavior on a heated surface, a three-dimensional model was used to simulate the interaction of liquid droplets with a heated surface during the secondary cooling process, employing air-mist nozzles. The real nozzle layout, as employed in a full-scale continuous caster to provide HTC data on slab surface. For solidification model, enthalpy-porosity methods were applied to estimate the metallurgical length and surface temperatures. Carbon transport within the continuous caster was considered, revealing a phenomenon of positive segregation at the center of the slab. Building upon this foundation, further investigations were carried out to assess the implications of nozzle clogging. These effects encompass surface temperature, metallurgical length, and carbon concentration. Commercial software ANSYS Fluent 2021 R2 and Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2302 are chosen for their exceptional computational performance. MATLAB and Python play key roles in both pre and post processing, including mapping HTC profiles, visualizing shell growth, and extracting temperature and cooling profiles.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/24808458 |
| Date | 14 December 2023 |
| Creators | Dianzhi Meng (17635992) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/NUMERICAL_SIMULATION_OF_SOLIDIFICATION_AND_SEGREGATION_BEHAVIOR_DURING_CONTINUOUS_CASTING/24808458 |
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