Hot metal flow in a blast furnace hearth - model tests

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 547-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Heinz Peters ◽  
Heinrich-Wilhelm Gudenau ◽  
Gunnar Still
1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kouichirou Shibata ◽  
Yoshio Kimura ◽  
Masakata Shimizu ◽  
Shin-ichi Inaba

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiro OHNO ◽  
Masaharu TACHIMORI ◽  
Masakazu NAKAMURA ◽  
Yukiaki HARA

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Yan ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou ◽  
D. Huang ◽  
Pinakin Chaubal

Hearth wearing is the key limit of a blast furnace campaign life. Hot metal flow pattern and temperature distributions are the two key variables to determine the rate and style of the hearth wearing. There are several strategies to control and reduce the hearth erosion, such as changing cooling water temperature and changing the heat transfer coefficient. In this paper, both cooling strategies are investigated using a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, which was developed specifically for the simulation of blast furnace hearth. That program can predict the liquid flow patterns and temperature distributions of the hot metal as well as temperature profiles in the hearth refractory materials under different conditions. The results predicted by the CFD code were compared with actual industrial operation data. The cooling strategies are evaluated based on the energy analysis and effect on the hearth erosion.


2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1182-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-En Huang ◽  
Shan-Wen Du ◽  
Wen-Tung Cheng

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Juhani Luomala ◽  
Olli Juhani Mattila ◽  
Jouko Juhani Harkki

Author(s):  
Chenn Q. Zhou ◽  
D. (Frank) Huang ◽  
Yongfu Zhao ◽  
Pinakin Chaubal

The campaign life of an iron blast furnace depends on hearth wear. Distributions of liquid iron flow and refractory temperatures have a significant influence on hearth wear. A 3D comprehensive computational fluid dynamics model has been developed specifically for simulating the blast furnace hearth. It includes both the hot metal flow and the conjugate heat transfer through the refractories. The model has been extensively validated using measurement data from Mittal Steel old, new IH7 blast furnace and U.S. Steel 13 blast furnace. Good agreements between measured and calculated refractory temperature profiles have been achieved. It has been used to analyze the velocity and temperature distributions and wear patterns of different furnaces and operating conditions. The results can be used to predict the inner profile of hearth and to provide guidance for protecting the hearth.


1990 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Shibata ◽  
Y. Kumura ◽  
M. Shimizu ◽  
S. Inaba

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 410
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Jianliang Zhang ◽  
Kexin Jiao ◽  
Xiaoke Zhang ◽  
Sijia Duan ◽  
...  

Hot metal circulation is one of the most important factors for hearth erosion. In this article, both the production conditions reflected by production parameters and the actual erosion state are considered. A series of cases are set up to analyze the hot metal flow characteristics and its contribution to hearth erosion. The main results are as follow: (1) There are two asymmetric high-speed bands existed on both side of the taphole, which is caused by the inner shape of blast furnace hearth and will cause the erosion of blast furnace hearth. (2) The velocity inside the deadman has an obvious decrease from top to middle part and then keeps almost stable, especially at the edge of deadman. It is caused by the inhibition effect of molten iron flow around deadman, and may result in a slower update rate of deadman in the lower part as well as an increase of carbon unsaturation in the molten iron. (3) The velocity of line 4–5# around the bottom increases with the increasing of daily output, and decreases with the increasing of the depth of salamander. Therefore, in the early stage of the blast furnace campaign, a production process with high utilization factor will increase hearth erosion. (4) The inner shape of hearth and the distance between sidewall and deadman are the main factors affecting the flow rate of molten iron.


2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexin Jiao ◽  
Jian-Liang Zhang ◽  
Yan-Xiang Liu ◽  
Shuo-Fu Li ◽  
Feng Liu

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