Review on modeling and simulation of blast furnace

S Kuang, Z Li, A Yu - Steel research international, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The design and control of blast furnace (BF) ironmaking must be optimized in order to be
competitive and sustainable, particularly under the more and more demanding and tough …

Erosion behavior and longevity technologies of refractory linings in blast furnaces for ironmaking: a review

K Cui, J Wang, H Wang, Y Zhang… - steel research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Erosion of the refractory materials in blast furnaces (BFs) greatly limits their campaign life,
which seriously reduces the economic benefits of iron and steel plants and endangers …

[HTML][HTML] Unresolved CFD–DEM modeling of multiphase flow in densely packed particle beds

M Vångö, S Pirker, T Lichtenegger - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiphase flows in porous and granular media are widely encountered in many research
and engineering fields. Due to the complexity and limited accessibility of real facilities, it can …

Transient DEM-CFD simulation of solid and fluid flow in a three dimensional blast furnace model

F Bambauer, S Wirtz, V Scherer, H Bartusch - Powder Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
A numerical investigation of gas and solid flow as well as the liquid accumulation in a scaled
Blast Furnace (BF) model was carried out using the discrete element method (DEM) coupled …

Combustion characteristics of charcoal, semicoke, and pulverized coal in blast furnace and their impacts on reactor performance

L Liu, S Kuang, B Guo, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Injecting new fuels like charcoal and semicoke into ironmaking blast furnaces (BF) helps
reduce pulverized coal and coke consumption, leading to significant environmental and …

Injection of COREX off-gas into ironmaking blast furnace

L Liu, S Kuang, B Guo, A Yu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxygen blast furnace (OBF) is a promising ironmaking technology to realize low carbon
emissions. It is featured in high oxygen-enriched operations and suffers from excessively …

Optimization of pulverized coal injection (PCI) rate in an ironmaking blast furnace by an integrated process model

L Liu, S Kuang, L Jiao, B Guo, A Yu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Pulverized coal injection (PCI) is generally used in modern blast furnace (BFs) ironmaking to
reduce coke consumption by burning cheaper coal. This paper presents a numerical study …

In situ observation of the dissolution phenomena of SiC particle in CaO–SiO2–MnO slag

JH Park, JG Park, DJ Min, YE Lee, YB Kang - Journal of the European …, 2010 - Elsevier
The dissolution of SiC particle at 1600° C in the CaO–SiO2–MnO slag was observed in situ
by means of confocal scanning laser microscopy in order to make the determination of …

Numerical simulation of the 3D asymmetric inner states of an ironmaking blast furnace resulting from circumferential non-uniform burden distribution

L Jiao, S Kuang, Y Li, X Mao, H Xu, A Yu - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The circumferential uniformity of burden distribution is of critical importance in maintaining
the stable and efficient operation of blast furnaces (BFs). It significantly affects the …

Improved CFD model to predict flow and temperature distributions in a blast furnace hearth

KM Komiyama, BY Guo, H Zughbi, P Zulli… - … Materials Transactions B, 2014 - Springer
The campaign life of a blast furnace is limited by the erosion of hearth refractories. Flow and
temperature distributions of the liquid iron have a significant influence on the erosion …