TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetics evaluation of inclusions removal during levitation melting of steel in cold crucible
AU - Toh, Takehiko
AU - Yamamura, Hideaki
AU - Kondo, Hiroyuki
AU - Wakoh, Masamitsu
AU - Shimasaki, Shin Ichi
AU - Taniguchi, Shoji
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Transport phenomena of inclusions during levitation melting of steel samples in a cold crucible are discussed by use of numerical simulation. Taking account of various forces acting on the inclusions during fusion, population balance simulation is performed within the framework of finite volume method (FVM) analysis for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The numerical results supported the experimental results that the inclusions size distribution does not change so much due to the agglomeration effect and the phenomena of inclusions removal to the sample surface are mainly caused by the electromagnetic reaction force and the flotation.
AB - Transport phenomena of inclusions during levitation melting of steel samples in a cold crucible are discussed by use of numerical simulation. Taking account of various forces acting on the inclusions during fusion, population balance simulation is performed within the framework of finite volume method (FVM) analysis for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The numerical results supported the experimental results that the inclusions size distribution does not change so much due to the agglomeration effect and the phenomena of inclusions removal to the sample surface are mainly caused by the electromagnetic reaction force and the flotation.
KW - Inclusion
KW - Levitation melting
KW - Magnetohydrodynamics
KW - Numerical simulation
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U2 - 10.2355/isijinternational.47.1625
DO - 10.2355/isijinternational.47.1625
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38549158997
VL - 47
SP - 1625
EP - 1632
JO - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
JF - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
SN - 0915-1559
IS - 11
ER -