Physical Modeling of Gas Jet-Liquid Free Surface in Steelmaking Processes

2009 ◽  
Vol 1243 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Solórzano-López ◽  
R. Zenit ◽  
C. González-Rivera ◽  
M. A. Ramírez-Argáez
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Gas Jet ◽  
Main Process ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
Dimensionless Numbers ◽  
Liquid Free Surface ◽  
Vector Maps

ABSTRACTGas jets play a key role in several steelmaking processes as in the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) or in the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF). They improve heat, mass and momentum transfer in the liquid bath, improve mixing of chemical species and govern the formation of foaming slag in EAF. In this work experimental measurements are performed to determine the dimensions of the cavity formed at the liquid free surface when a gas jet impinges on it as well as liquid velocity vector maps measured in the zone affected by the gas jet. Cavities are measured using a high speed camera while the vector maps are determined using a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique. Both velocities and cavities are determined as a function of the main process variables: gas flow rate, distance from the nozzle to the free surface and lance angle. Cavity dimensions (depth and diameter) are statistically treated as a function of the process variables and also as a function of the adequate dimensionless numbers that govern these phenomena. It is found that Froude number and Weber number control the depression geometry.

Measurement of Gas Entrainment Rate From Free Surface by Vortex

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Koizumi ◽  
Naosuke Ohte ◽  
Kamide Hideki ◽  
Shuji Ohno ◽  
Kei Ito
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Silicone Oil ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Liquid Level ◽  
Test Fluid ◽  
Entrainment Rate ◽  
Flow State ◽  
Gas Entrainment ◽  
Test Vessel

A sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor is now at the developing stage in Japan. One concern for safety is cover gas entrainment into the sodium coolant. The gas entrainment rate into liquid by the vortex formed on the free surface was examined experimentally. Liquid flowed into a cylindrical vessel from a wall tangentially. Swirl flow was formed in the vessel, and then liquid drained from the bottom outlet of the vessel. A hollow vortex was formed on the free surface in the test vessel. Air was entrained under the free surface of the vortex and carried away from the bottom of the vessel. The flow state of the gas entrainment was visually observed by using a high speed video camera. The gas entrainment rate into liquid was measured. In the present experiments, test fluid was changed from water in the previous experiments to 20 cSt silicone oil. The liquid level in the test vessel was 25 mm in the present experiments. Only the vortex-type gas-entrainment was observed as in the previous experiments since the liquid level was low. The flow state observed at the flow visualization section of the outlet pipe was only a semi-annular flow. The initiation of the gas entrainment was delayed in the case of silicone oil compared with the case of water. The increasing rate of the gas entrainment to the liquid velocity is milder in the case of silicone oil than in the case of water.

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Mechanically Agitated Air - Aqueous Sucrose Solutions

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Cudak
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Sucrose Concentration ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Dimensionless Numbers ◽  
Rushton Turbine ◽  
Sucrose Solutions

Abstract The aim of the research presented in this paper was determination of power consumption and gas hold-up in mechanically agitated aerated aqueous low concentration sucrose solutions. Experimental studies were conducted in a vessel of diameter 0.634 m equipped with high-speed impellers (Rushton turbine, Smith turbine or A 315). The following operating parameters were changed: volumetric gas flow rate (expressed by superficial gas velocity), impeller speed, sucrose concentration and type of impeller. Based on the experiments results, impellers with a modified shape of blades, e.g. CD 6 or A 315, could be recommended for such gas-liquid systems. Power consumption was measured using strain gauge method. The results of gas holdup measurements have been approximated by an empirical relationship containing dimensionless numbers (Eq. (2)).

scholarly journals Mathematical and physical simulation of the interaction between a gas jet and a liquid free surface

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 4991-5005 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Solórzano-López ◽  
R. Zenit ◽  
M.A. Ramírez-Argáez
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Gas Jet ◽  
Liquid Free Surface

Effect of Physical Properties on Gas Entrainment Rate From Free Surface by Vortex (2nd Report)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Koizumi ◽  
Naosuke Ohte ◽  
Hideki Kamide ◽  
Shuji Ohno ◽  
Kei Ito
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Silicone Oil ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Test Fluid ◽  
Entrainment Rate ◽  
Flow State ◽  
Exit Velocity ◽  
Gas Entrainment

A sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor is now at the developing stage in Japan. One concern for safety is cover gas entrainment into the sodium coolant. The gas entrainment rate into liquid by the vortex formed on the free surface was examined experimentally. Four kinds of test fluid were used; water at 25 °C, water at 60 °C, 20 cSt silicone oil and kerosene. Gas was air. The flow state of gas entrainment was visually observed by using a high speed video camera. The gas entrainment rate into liquid was measured. Following conclusions were obtained. When exit velocity was low, bubble-type gas entrainment occurred. As the exit velocity increased, the gas entrainment type turned from the bubble type to a vortex type and gas entrainment rate considerably increased. The relation between gas entrainment rate and liquid velocity was mainly affected by the viscosity of liquid. As viscosity became large, higher exit velocity was required to get the same gas entrainment rate. The effect of surface tension on the gas entertainment rate was minor or little. No systematic trend by the surface tension was noticed in the gas entrainment rate. Present results of the onset of the bubble type gas entrainment are well expressed with both the modified Baum and the modified Takahashi et al. correlation although the modified Takahashi et al. correlation provides a little better prediction than the modified Baum correlation. A flow state at the outlet piping has significant effect on the gas entrainment rate. The dimension of the outlet piping may become important to consider the gas entrainment rate in the vortex type region.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Geysers Induced by the Release of Trapped Air in Storage Tunnel Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5326
Author(s):  
Xiaosheng Wang ◽  
Shangtuo Qian ◽  
Hongxun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Free Surface Velocity ◽  
Trapped Air ◽  
Tunnel System

A storage tunnel system is the critical infrastructure of urban drainage systems, in which the rapid filling of water and release of trapped air can lead to the “geyser” phenomenon. This may cause serious damage, threatening both system operation and personal safety. In this paper, a detailed experimental study was carried out based on synchronous recorded video images and digital image processing technology. According to experimental observations, gas-flow geysers and surge-type geysers were analyzed deeply. The former is caused by high-speed gas flow and is accompanied by a pressure drop; the latter is caused by surge pressure and is accompanied by a pressure increase. The free surface velocity of the gas-flow geyser is mainly affected by the external pressure, the air volume, the diameter of the shaft, and the height of the water column, and the geyser phenomenon cannot occur when the air column is mainly dominated by buoyancy. Based on dimensional analysis and data fitting, this paper presents the empirical formula for the free surface velocity and the interface net velocity and puts forward the critical occurrence conditions for the gas-flow geyser.

A Statistical Study of Process Variables to Optimize a High Speed Curtain Coater: Part I

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEEYUSH TRIPATHI ◽  
MARGARET JOYCE ◽  
PAUL D. FLEMING ◽  
MASAHIRO SUGIHARA
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Air Removal ◽  
Removal System

Using an experimental design approach, researchers altered process parameters and material prop-erties to stabilize the curtain of a pilot curtain coater at high speeds. Part I of this paper identifies the four significant variables that influence curtain stability. The boundary layer air removal system was critical to the stability of the curtain and base sheet roughness was found to be very important. A shear thinning coating rheology and higher curtain heights improved the curtain stability at high speeds. The sizing of the base sheet affected coverage and cur-tain stability because of its effect on base sheet wettability. The role of surfactant was inconclusive. Part II of this paper will report on further optimization of curtain stability with these four variables using a D-optimal partial-facto-rial design.

Simulation of mechanically stirred two-phase liquid-gas flow

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Fořt ◽  
Vladimír Rogalewicz ◽  
Miroslav Richter
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Velocity Field ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Liquid Velocity ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Rushton Turbine ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Volumetric Gas Flow Rate

The study describes simulation of the motion of bubbles in gas, dispersed by a mechanical impeller in a turbulent low-viscosity liquid flow. The model employs the Monte Carlo method and it is based both on the knowledge of the mean velocity field of mixed liquid (mean motion) and of the spatial distribution of turbulence intensity ( fluctuating motion) in the investigated system - a cylindrical tank with radial baffles at the wall and with a standard (Rushton) turbine impeller in the vessel axis. Motion of the liquid is then superimposed with that of the bubbles in a still environment (ascending motion). The computation of the simulation includes determination of the spatial distribution of the gas holds-up (volumetric concentrations) in the agitated charge as well as of the total gas hold-up system depending on the impeller size and its frequency of revolutions, on the volumetric gas flow rate and the physical properties of gas and liquid. As model parameters, both liquid velocity field and normal gas bubbles distribution characteristics are considered, assuming that the bubbles in the system do not coalesce.

scholarly journals Heat Transmission in High Speed Gas Flow (3rd Report)

1952 ◽  
Vol 18 (67) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Kensuke KAWASHIMO ◽  
Shigebumi AOKI
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Heat Transmission
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