TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-Dimensional Flow Behavior Inside the Submerged Entry Nozzle
AU - Real-Ramirez, Cesar Augusto
AU - Carvajal-Mariscal, Ignacio
AU - Sanchez-Silva, Florencio
AU - Cervantes-de-la-Torre, Francisco
AU - Diaz-Montes, Jesus
AU - Gonzalez-Trejo, Jesus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - According to various authors, the surface quality of steel depends on the dynamic conditions that occur within the continuous casting mold’s upper region. The meniscus, found in that upper region, is where the solidification process begins. The liquid steel is distributed into the mold through a submerged entry nozzle (SEN). In this paper, the dynamic behavior inside the SEN is analyzed by means of physical experiments and numerical simulations. The particle imaging velocimetry technique was used to obtain the vector field in different planes and three-dimensional flow patterns inside the SEN volume. Moreover, large eddy simulation was performed, and the turbulence model results were used to understand the nonlinear flow pattern inside the SEN. Using scaled physical and numerical models, quasi-periodic behavior was observed due to the interaction of two three-dimensional vortices that move inside the SEN lower region located between the exit ports of the nozzle.
AB - According to various authors, the surface quality of steel depends on the dynamic conditions that occur within the continuous casting mold’s upper region. The meniscus, found in that upper region, is where the solidification process begins. The liquid steel is distributed into the mold through a submerged entry nozzle (SEN). In this paper, the dynamic behavior inside the SEN is analyzed by means of physical experiments and numerical simulations. The particle imaging velocimetry technique was used to obtain the vector field in different planes and three-dimensional flow patterns inside the SEN volume. Moreover, large eddy simulation was performed, and the turbulence model results were used to understand the nonlinear flow pattern inside the SEN. Using scaled physical and numerical models, quasi-periodic behavior was observed due to the interaction of two three-dimensional vortices that move inside the SEN lower region located between the exit ports of the nozzle.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11663-018-1281-0
DO - 10.1007/s11663-018-1281-0
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1073-5615
VL - 49
SP - 1644
EP - 1657
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
IS - 4
ER -