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摘要
A novel three-dimensional mathematical model proposed and developed for the non-equilibrium decarburization process during the vacuum circulation (RH) refining of molten steel has been applied to the refining process of molten steel in a 90-t multifunction RH degasser. The decarburization processes of molten steel in the degasser under the conditions of RH and RH-KTB operations have been modelled and analysed, respectively, using the model. The results demonstrate that the changes in the carbon and oxygen contents of liquid steel with the treatment time during the RH and RH-KTB refining processes can be precisely modelled and predicted by use of the model. The distribution patterns of the carbon and oxygen concentrations in the steel are governed by the flow characteristics of molten steel in the whole degasser. When the initial carbon concentration in the steel is higher than 400 . 10(-4) mass%, the top oxygen blowing (KTB) operation can supply the oxygen lacking for the decarburization process, and accelerate the carbon removal, thus reaching a specified carbon level in a shorter time. Moreover, a lower oxygen content is attained at the decarburization endpoint. The average contributions at the up-snorkel zone, the bath bulk and the free surface with the droplets in the vacuum vessel in the refining process are about 11, 46 and 42% of the overall amount of decarburization, respectively. The decarburization roles at the gas bubble-molten steel interface in the up-snorkel and the droplets in the vacuum vessel should not be ignored for the RH and RH-KTB refining processes. For the refining process in the 90-t RH degasser, a better efficiency of decarburization can be obtained using an argon blow rate of 417 I(STP) /min, and a further increase in the argon blowing rate cannot obviously improve the effectiveness in the RH refining process of molten steel under the conditions of the present work.
- 出版日期2008-4
- 单位上海大学
