Simulation Study on Horizontal Continuous Casting of Round Copper Billet with Electromagnetic Stirring

2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 941-944
Author(s):  
Tong Min Wang ◽  
Ming Hong Sha ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Ting Ju Li
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Electromagnetic Stirring ◽  
Current Intensity ◽  
Thermal Flow ◽  
Fluent Software

In this paper, a comprehensive three dimensional mathematical model is built to investigate the effect of electromagnetic stirring (EMS) on continuous casting process of copper round billet. The electromagnetic field is simulated by ANSYS software and the thermal-flow field is simulated by FLUENT software. The coupling between electromagnetic field and thermal-flow field is implemented by user-defined subroutines. The simulation results have good agreement with the experiment ones. The results show that electromagnetic frequency and current intensity have significant influence on the fluid velocity, temperature gradient and sump depth. The optimum current intensity and frequency are found to be 40A and 10Hz respectively.

scholarly journals The Simulation and Optimization of an Electromagnetic Field in a Vertical Continuous Casting Mold for a Large Bloom

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 516
Author(s):  
Lianwang Zhang ◽  
Changjun Xu ◽  
Jiazheng Zhang ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Electromagnetic Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Electromagnetic Stirring ◽  
Current Intensity ◽  
Continuous Casting Mold ◽  
Current Frequency ◽  
Simulation And Optimization ◽  
Electromagnetic Model

The electromagnetic model of a large-bloom continuous casting was established to simulate the magnetic field. The model 3600 digital, high-precision, three-dimensional Gaussian meter was used to measure the internal magnetic field of mold electromagnetic stirring (M-EMS). The distribution of simulated magnetic field was basically consistent with that of the measured magnetic field; the accuracy of electromagnetic stirring model was verified. With the increase of current frequency, the electromagnetic force first increases and then decreases; when the current frequency is 9 Hz, the electromagnetic force reaches its maximum value. A bipolar electromagnetic stirring model is proposed; the influence of current intensity and distance were investigated. With the increase of current intensity of lower mold electromagnetic stirring (M-EMSB), the internal magnetic intensity of upper mold electromagnetic stirring (M-EMSA) gradually increases, and the middle region is gradually filled by magnetic field. With the increase of the distance, the range of the low-intensity magnetic field expands. When the current intensity of the M-EMSB is 320 A, and the distance is 400 mm, an 8 mT uniform magnetic field in the range of 1.2 m is formed. Compared with the traditional continuous casting electromagnetic agitator, the center equiaxial crystal of bipolar electromagnetic agitator increases from 30.3% to 49.5%.

3D Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Wheel and Belt Continuous Casting

2011 ◽  
Vol 693 ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Grandfield ◽  
Sébastien Dablement ◽  
Hallvard Gustav Fjær ◽  
Dag Mortensen ◽  
Michael Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Liquid Pool ◽  
Air Gap ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Heat Extraction ◽  
Gap Formation ◽  
Solidification Defects

Wire rod is produced by hot-rolling a bar of metal coming from a wheel/belt continuous casting process. This kind of process, e.g. Properzi, is an elaborate process in which the molten metal is poured in a cooled rotating mould formed by the groove of a wheel and closed by a belt. In order to better understand the heat transfer phenomenon and solidified bar characteristics, depending on process parameters a three dimensional thermo-mechanical model has been developed. The model, based on the finite-element method, calculates the heat transfer coefficient of the air gap at the metal-mould interface as a function of the size of the gap determined by the bar contraction and wheel and belt thermal deformations. The air gap formation due to metal shrinkage and mould deformation is the main factor which determines the heat extraction. Wheel temperature measurements with thermocouple and belt temperature measurements with an infrared system were carried out to verify model results. Attempts were also made to measure a liquid pool profile using doping with copper rich alloy. The model shows the effect of the casting temperature and the rotation speed on the air gap formation and resulting temperature and stress fields. The model can be applied to issues such as maximising wheel and belt life and minimising solidification defects.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, Species Transfer, and Solidification in Billet Continuous Casting Mold with M-EMS

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Zhang ◽  
Sen Luo ◽  
Yao Chen ◽  
Weiling Wang ◽  
Miaoyong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Longitudinal Section ◽  
Current Intensity ◽  
Continuous Casting Mold ◽  
Casting Mold ◽  
Billet Continuous Casting ◽  
Negative Segregation

Electromagnetic stirring in mold (M-EMS) has been widely used in continuous casting process to improve the solidification quality of the steel strand. In the present study, a 3D multi-physical-field mathematical model was developed to predict the macro transport phenomena in continuous casting mold with M-EMS using ANSYS commercial software, and was adopted to investigate the effect of current intensity (0, 150, 200, and 240 A) on the heat, momentum, and species transports in the billet continuous casting mold with a size of 160 mm × 160 mm. The results show that when the M-EMS is on, the horizontal swirling flow appears and shifts the high-temperature zone upward. With the increase of current intensity, two swirling flows form on the longitudinal section of continuous casting mold and become more intensive, and the flow velocity of the molten steel at the solidification front increases. Thus, the wash effects of the fluid flow on the initial solidified shell become intensive, resulting in a thinner shell thickness at the mold exit and a significant negative segregation of carbon at the billet subsurface.

3D Fem Study of Fluid Flow in the Mould for Billet Continuous Casting

2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 1269-1272
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Bao Xiang Wang ◽  
Yu Zhu Zhang ◽  
Jin Hong Ma ◽  
Su Juan Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Casting Speed ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Element Model ◽  
3D Fem ◽  
Billet Continuous Casting ◽  
Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
Three Dimensional Finite Element

In this paper, a three-dimensional finite element model is developed to simulate and analyze the turbulent flow in the mould of billet continuous casting. The result shows that if the SEN is used in the continuous casting process, there exists a symmetrical stronger vortex in the middle of the mould and a weaker vortex above the nozzle. The casting speed, the depth and diameter of SEN all have significant effect on the fluid flow field and the turbulent kinetic energy on the meniscus, and then have effect on the billet quality. At the given conditions, the optimum set of parameters is: the casting speed 0.035 , the depth of the SEN 0.1 , the diameter of the SEN 0.025 . Online verifying of this model has been developed, which can be proved that it is very useful to control the steel quality and improve the productivity.

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