STUDY ON A TWO-PHASE LOW-TEMPERATURE MODEL OF THE FEATURES OF METAL TAPPING IN BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE

Abstract

The paper shows the results of a study of the influence of the cut-off method of the slag by using destructible plugs on the quantitative indicators of the redistribution of slag and metal in the steel ladle during the metal tapping operation from the converter. The laboratory setup simulates a real 160-ton industrial top-blown oxygen converter, and a steel ladle at a scale of 1:18 has been used to fulfill the study. Water was chosen as a liquid steel imitator, and machine oil was chosen for slag with parameters that ensure the similarity of physical parameters in the metal-slag system. The physical modelling of the tapping process of a two-phase converter bath in the case of a destructible plug in the tap hole compared to the tapping option without it showed a significant positive effect of the presence of the plug in the initial period from the moment the converter is tilted.