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IRONMAKING & STEELMAKING
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 235-243Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03019233.2022.2102334
Keywords
Converter steelmaking; oxygen lance nozzle; free jet; multi-phase flow; metallurgical effects
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Studying the variation in jet characteristics of an oxygen lance nozzle is important for the converter smelting process. The study found that the worn oxygen lance nozzle exit affects the gas jet, stirring characteristics, and molten bath velocity distribution. Industrial tests further confirmed the impact of nozzle wear on the content of substances in the molten bath.
Studying the variation in jet characteristics of an oxygen lance nozzle is of great significance for the converter smelting process. A full-size geometric model of a 120-t converter was established and the effects of a worn oxygen lance nozzle exit on the gas jet, stirring characteristics, and molten bath velocity distribution were studied. An increasing wear angle increases the nozzle exit velocity, increases the jet velocity attenuation, decreases the area of the longitudinal high-velocity zone of the molten bath, increases the area of the low-velocity and dead zones, worsens the molten steel flow, and decelerates the reaction rate. Then, industrial tests were conducted using a 120-t converter. When the wear angle increased from 0 to 20 degrees, the phosphorus content, carbon-oxygen equilibrium, and TFe content in the slag increased from 0.029%, 0.0023, and 12.92% to 0.032%, 0.0028, and 14.58%, respectively. This study has important implications for optimizing the oxygen supply in converters.
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