Analysis of Non-Symmetrical Heat Transfers during the Casting of Steel Billets and Slabs

Autor: Adán Ramírez-López, Omar Dávila-Maldonado, Alfonso Nájera-Bastida, Rodolfo D. Morales, Jafeth Rodríguez-Ávila, Carlos Rodrigo Muñiz-Valdés
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 1380 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met11091380
Popis: The current automation of steelmaking processes is capable of complete control through programmed hardware. However, many metallurgical and operating factors, such as heat transfer control, require further studies under industrial conditions. In this context, computer simulation has become a powerful tool for reproducing the effects of industrial constraints on heat transfer. This work reports a computational model to simulate heat removal from billets’ strands in the continuous casting process. This model deals with the non-symmetric cooling conditions of a billet caster. These cooling conditions frequently occur due to plugged nozzles in the secondary cooling system (SCS). The model developed simulates the steel thermal behavior for casters with a non-symmetric distribution of the sprays in the SCS using different boundary conditions to show possible heat transfer variations. Finally, the results are compared with actual temperatures from different casters to demonstrate the predictive capacity of this algorithm’s approach.
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