Centrifugal-Granulation-Assisted thermal energy recovery towards low-carbon blast furnace slag treatment: State of the art and future challenges

J Wu, Y Tan, P Li, H Wang, X Zhu, Q Liao - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The iron and steel industry (ISI) is pursuing technology breakthroughs to accelerate the
transition towards carbon neutrality. Deep cut of CO 2 emission involves with not only …

Modelling centrifugal-granulation-assisted thermal energy recovery from molten slag at high temperatures

J Wu, H Wang, X Zhu, Q Liao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
It remains a longstanding challenge to recover the waste heat from molten slags in pursuit of
lower energy and carbon intensity in the metallurgical industry. To tap the heat from molten …

Modelling the film fragmentation of industrial-scale centrifugal granulation of high-temperature molten slag

Y Tan, B Ding, J Shi, H Yan, Y Wu, J Wu - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Centrifugal-granulation-assisted thermal energy recovery (CGATER) is one of the most
promising routes to enable waste heat harvest from molten slags. However, it remains a …

Film flow of molten slag on rotary cup: Transient heat transfer, steady state projection and thermal insulation

Y Lv, M Dai, J Wu, H Wang, X Zhu, Q Liao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Blast furnace slag (BFS) is a key hot stream in the iron and steel industry (ISI) with enormous
waste heat little exploited. Advanced concept, ie, centrifugal-granulation-assisted thermal …

Numerical study of inlet eccentricity on liquid film spreading and splitting in centrifugal granulation assisted thermal energy recovery

L Peng, L Li, W Zhao - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Centrifugal granulation assisted thermal energy recovery (CGATER) is a method of
recovering waste heat from molten slag by centrifugal granulation on a rotating disc …

Experimental investigation on modes of spray formation, droplet size and size distribution in a spinning disc atomizer

J Chen, W Hu, X Dong, J Lin, Z Gao… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The spinning disc atomizer is extensively utilized in agricultural spraying, with optimized
operating conditions significantly enhancing atomization performance. In this paper, the …

Unveiling the Dynamics of Free Film Flow of Molten Slag on a Rotating Disk Atomizer: A Modeling Study with Fluctuating Inlet Flow

Y Tan, J Wu, J Shi, H Yan, B Ding, X Zhu - Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Springer
The thin film flow on the rotary disk atomizer (RDA) remains a popular process intensification
method in various modern applications. The RDA system has been recently adopted to …

Numerical Simulation of Liquid Film Characteristics during Atomization of Aluminum Alloy Powder

Y Liu, Q Hu, X Zhao, S Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The process of atomizing aluminum alloy powder using a rotating disk was studied by
numerical simulation and experimental verification. The motion characteristics of the molten …

The hydride-dehydride process combined with plasma spheroidization: An alternative route for producing spherical metallic powders of U-6áwt.% Nb

K Huang, ES Elton, HB Henderson, NK Harward… - Advanced Powder …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate the viability of the Hydride-Dehydride (HDH) process coupled
with plasma spheroidization for producing U-6áwt.% Nb powders as an alternative method …

Centrifugal Atomization of Glass-Forming Alloy Al86Ni8Y4.5La1.5

J Pijuan, SA Cegarra, S Dosta, V Albaladejo-Fuentes… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Centrifugal atomization is a rapid solidification technique for producing metal powders.
However, its wide application has been limited to the production of common metal powders …