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Melt-particle mixing in gas-stirred ladles with throughflow

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An experimental study is performed on a gas-particle stirred ladle system with throughflow, using a simplified water model. Narrow ladles are used to produce 2-D flows. Flow visualization by the direct photographic method is employed to investigate the effects of ladle geometry, throughflow rate, air flow rate and its injection location on the melt-particle mixing performance. Image processing is applied to aid in determining the mixing performance. It is disclosed that an efficient mixing may be achieved if the gas at a higher flow rate is injected with particles through a nozzle near the bottom corner of the ladle wall on the melt inlet side. The mixing performance is better in a rectangular ladle (aspect ratio of 2) than in a square ladle (aspect ratio of unity). The effect of throughflow rate on mixing is minor. The study has an important application in manufacturing processes, such as continuous casting process, and materials processing.

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Abbreviations

AR :

aspect ratio

B :

width of water vessel, m

Bn :

Nozzle location on bottom surface of water vessel, m

H :

height of water vessel or height between bottom surface and free surface of water vessel, m

Hn :

Nozzle location on vertical (inlet side) surface of water vessel, m

Q g :

volumetric rate of gas, m3/s

Q l :

volumetric rate of water, m3/s

Q s :

volumetric rate of particle, m3/s

x :

transverse coordinate, m

y :

longitudinal coordinate, m

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    S. Torii & W. J. Yang

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Torii, S., Yang, W.J. Melt-particle mixing in gas-stirred ladles with throughflow. Experiments in Fluids 13, 37–42 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208073

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