The ladle furnace was a watershed in the evolution of steelmaking when it was invented in
the 1980s. Both the BOF and the EAF were assigned a more specialized role. The ladle …

Multiphase flows are frequently encountered in metallurgical operations. One of the most
effective ways to understand these processes is by flow modeling. The process of tundish …

Circular slits are introduced in purging plugs for alleviating the stress concentration to
prolong their service life. Herein, the effects of slits with different geometries on the mixing …

In this paper, the hydrodynamics of a bubble column is investigated numerically using the
discrete bubble model, which tracks the dispersed bubbles individually in a liquid column …

Injection and distribution of argon in a ladle shroud-collector plate nozzle (LS-CN) assembly
have been investigated for three different argon gas delivery designs popularly used in the …

To effectively remove microscale inclusions in the tundish, the Multi-Hole-Double-Baffles
(MHDB), a novel flow control device in the tundish for continuous casting, was developed …

Tundishes are refractory vessels that are used to control the flow of molten steel, promote
the removal of inclusions, and increase the homogeneity of temperature and composition …

A series of industrial trials of argon injection into ladle shroud (AIILS) with different argon-
blowing rates were conducted in this study. Firstly, bubbles in actual liquid steel of the …

Inert gas shrouding is a traditional practice in tundish metallurgy and has several benefits
such as, protecting the melt stream from air aspirations, aiding inclusion flotation with argon …

A mathematical model was built to simultaneously analyse the effects of non-isothermal
conditions and flow-control device on steel quality in a real steelmaking tundish. Liquid steel …