炼钢 ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 42-48.

• 凝固与浇铸 • 上一篇    下一篇

中间包结构对钢液流动及夹杂物去除的数值模拟研究

李中华1,田  伟1,吴飞鹏1,陈宏亮2,陈  威2,王新东3,张立峰4   

  1. (1.河钢集团 唐钢公司,河北 唐山 063600;
    2.燕山大学 机械工程学院,河北 秦皇岛 066044;
    3.河钢集团有限公司,河北 石家庄 050023;
    4.北方工业大学 机械与材料工程学院,北京 100144
  • 出版日期:2023-04-05 发布日期:2023-04-06

Numerical simulation of the effect of tundish structure on steel fluid flow and inclusion removal

  • Online:2023-04-05 Published:2023-04-06

摘要: 依据河钢集团唐钢新区72 t中间包建立三维数值模型,讨论对比了不同中间包结构包括湍流抑制器、挡墙和挡坝对钢液液位波动、速度分布、停留时间以及夹杂物上浮去除的影响。钢液湍流运动通过求解Realizable k-ε模型实现,钢液停留时间通过求解浓度标量方程(User-Defined Scalar, UDS)实现,夹杂物上浮去除则通过求解离散相模型(Discrete Phase Model,DPM)得到。结果表明,带檐湍流抑制器和开口湍流抑制器下中间包上水口附近的液面波动较大,是不设置湍流抑制器的情况的3~4倍;而带挡板湍流抑制器下钢液在挡板之间形成循环流动,液位波动较小,甚至小于无湍流抑制器的情况;中间包内挡墙和挡坝同时存在时增加了钢液在中间包的移动距离,有利于夹杂物的上浮去除;在目前条件下,挡墙和挡坝分别距离中间包宽度中心1 060 mm和2 000 mm时钢液平均停留时间较长以及夹杂物上浮去除率较高。

关键词: 液位波动, 湍流抑制器, 挡墙和挡坝, 停留时间, 中间包

Abstract: A three-dimensional numerical model of a 72 t tundish in HBIS Group Tangsteel New District was established to investigate and compare the effect of different tundish structures on the steel level fluctuation, velocity distribution, residence time, and inclusion removal, including the turbulence inhibitor, weir and dam. The turbulence movement of the molten steel was calculated using the Realizable k-ε model. The residence time of molten steel was achieved by solving a concentration scalar equation (User-Defined Scalar, UDS), and the floating and removal of inclusions was obtained by solving the Discrete Phase Model (DPM). The results show that the level fluctuation near the upper nozzle of the tundish under the turbulence inhibitor with eaves and the opening turbulence inhibitor fluctuated greatly, which was about 3~4 times of that without the turbulence inhibitor. However, with the turbulence inhibitor with baffles, the molten steel formed a circulating flow between the baffles and the fluctuation of the liquid level was small, even smaller than the situation without the turbulence inhibitor. The moving distance of the molten steel in the tundish was increased when the weir and dam in the tundish existed at the same time, which was conducive to the floating and removal of inclusions. Under the current conditions, the average residence time of molten steel was longer and the removal rate of inclusions floating was higher when the weir and the dam were 1 060 mm and 2 000 mm from the width center of the tundish. 

Key words: level fluctuation, turbulence inhibitor, weir and dam, residence time, tundish