Implementation of the Tiltable Sidewall Burner at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc.: Dynamically Adjustable Burner Angle to Optimize Scrap Melting and Reduce Refractory Wear

Author(s):  
P. Baker ◽  
J. Franks ◽  
F. Goekce ◽  
P. Hansert ◽  
R. Junkin ◽  
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1969 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumi MORI ◽  
Hiroyuki NOMURA


1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
pp. 893-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingkai NIU ◽  
Tomohiro AKIYAMA ◽  
Reijiro TAKAHASHI ◽  
Jun-ichiro YAGI


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penz ◽  
Schenk ◽  
Ammer ◽  
Klösch ◽  
Pastucha ◽  
...  

The oxygen steelmaking process in a Linz-Donawitz (LD) converter is responsible for more than 70% of annual crude steel production. Optimization of the process control and numerical simulation of the LD converter are some of the current challenges in ferrous metallurgical research. Because of the process conditions and oxidation of impurities of the hot metal, a lot of chemical heat is generated. Therefore, steel scrap is charged as a coolant with the economical side aspect of its recycling. One of the more complex aspects is, among others, the dissolution and melting behaviour of the scrap in carbon-saturated hot metal. Heat and mass transfer act simultaneously, which has already been investigated by several researchers using different experimental approaches. The appearances at the interface between solid steel and liquid hot metal during diffusive scrap melting have been described theoretically but never investigated in detail. After an experimental investigation under natural and forced convective conditions, the samples were further investigated with optical microscopy and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). A steep carbon concentration gradient in the liquid appeared, which started at an interface carbon concentration equal to the concentration on the solid side of the interface. Moreover, the boundary layer thickness moved towards zero, which symbolized that the boundary layer theory based on thermodynamic equilibrium was not valid. This fact was concluded through the prevailing dynamic conditions formed by natural and forced convection.





1971 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1282-1286
Author(s):  
É. M. Gol'dfarb ◽  
B. I. Sherstov


Author(s):  
Naoshi Yamahira ◽  
Toshifumi Kodama ◽  
Shinjiro Baba ◽  
Hiroaki Komatsubara ◽  
Masaki Kajitani


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