Jiangmei Yi, Shuai Li, Wenyu Yang, Yujunyao Wang, Haocheng Hu, Hua Meng, Ye Wang
{"title":"Study on Strengthening the Crystallization Process of Removing F and P from Phosphogypsum Produced by Dihydrate–Hemihydrate Wet Process","authors":"Jiangmei Yi, Shuai Li, Wenyu Yang, Yujunyao Wang, Haocheng Hu, Hua Meng, Ye Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03151-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03151-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiaoyu Zheng, Wei Zhang, Kui Li, Bo Feng, Chang Gan, Henrik Saxén
{"title":"A Comprehensive Study on Determination of Kinetic Parameters of Ironmaking Ores Reduced by Hydrogen: Reduction Below 570 °C","authors":"Qiaoyu Zheng, Wei Zhang, Kui Li, Bo Feng, Chang Gan, Henrik Saxén","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03199-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03199-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masoud Khani, Habib Ale Ebrahim, Sajjad Habibzadeh
{"title":"A Random Pore Model Approach Towards Hematite to Iron Reduction by Carbon Monoxide: A Computational and Experimental Study","authors":"Masoud Khani, Habib Ale Ebrahim, Sajjad Habibzadeh","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03206-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03206-y","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>In this work, the random pore model (RPM) is utilized for the kinetic study of hematite reduction to Iron with CO. This can significantly contribute to the more effective design of reduction reactors in Iron production plants. Indeed, the developed RPM in this work employs a real pore size distribution (PSD) of the solid reactant, resulting in more realistic and accurate kinetic parameters. Accordingly, the kinetic parameters were calculated <i>via</i> RPM using the data from the reduction experiments of a highly porous pure hematite pellet. Validation of such kinetic parameters by different pure hematite and industrial pellets with various porous structures demonstrated RPM as the most comprehensive non-catalytic gas–solid reactions model. The activation energy obtained for the mentioned reaction was calculated at 25.5 kJ/mol. In addition, oxygen ions showed a mean diffusion coefficient of 1.18 × 10<sup>−16</sup> m<sup>2</sup>/s for the industrial pellets through the Iron product layer. Furthermore, the importance of adjusting the CO–CO<sub>2</sub> ratio on the conversion in the reduction reactor was discussed. The results of this work could help reduce the amount of required CO and CO<sub>2</sub> product during the reduction of hematite to Iron.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Graphical Abstract</h3>\u0000","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141609870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Fixed-Grid Methods in Addressing a Benchmark Problem Coupled Natural Convection and Melting","authors":"Jibai Kang, Weiling Wang, Sen Luo, Miaoyong Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03198-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03198-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For decades, the fixed-grid method (FGM) has undergone extensive development and widespread application in addressing phase change problems. Nonetheless, comparative studies on various FGMs in convective regime are considerably scarce. Moreover, it has been proven that two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations can cause large deviations from experimental observations. Therefore, this study, based on a reference experiment involving gallium melting, seeks to comprehensively and quantitatively compare three prevalent FGMs: enthalpy method (EM), total enthalpy method (TEM), and heat source method (HSM). The TEM validates overestimation of temperature at low Péclet numbers, as the heat dissipation induced by non-uniform thermal properties in solid and liquid phases is not accounted for. To address this issue, a revised TEM has been introduced. The three FGMs were implemented within the OpenFOAM software, with over 150 simulations conducted on 3D meshes. The comparison focused on evaluating the numerical robustness, accuracy and stability of these FGMs, along with exploring their similarities and differences in flow patterns and velocities. Results obtained reveal that EM offers accuracy but lacks robustness, TEM manifests relatively large errors and instability due to oscillation with variations in grid size and time step, while HSM excels in robustness, accuracy, and stability. Under an identical discretization scheme, all FGMs predict similar melt front shapes, vortex structures, and velocity magnitudes. However, with the upwind scheme, the velocity magnitude of the secondary flow is approximately 50 pct of that with high-order schemes, yet it tends to overestimate the melting rate. The reason lies in the limited capacity of the slow secondary flow to effectively disrupt the stable and persistent vortex in the primary flow direction, consequently enhancing heat transfer efficiency in this direction.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141614720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution Behavior of Titanium Between Ferrosilicon Melt and CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 Slag: Thermochemical and Structural Assessments","authors":"Min Joo Lee, Tae Sung Kim, Joo Hyun Park","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03200-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03200-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The titanium distribution ratio (<span>({L}_{Ti})</span>) between ferrosilicon (FeSi) melt and the CaO-SiO<sub>2</sub>-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> slag was measured at 1773 K (1500 °C). FeSi-slag equilibration was carried out using various slag compositions. The <span>({L}_{Ti})</span> was presented against the <i>Vee ratio</i> (pct CaO/pct SiO<sub>2</sub> = C/S) between 0.3 and 1.2, and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> content from 5 to 20 mass pct. The <span>({L}_{Ti})</span> exhibited minima at about C/S=0.7(±0.1) at a fixed Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> content. In a C/S < 0.7 regime, i.e., relatively acidic melts, Ti<sup>4+</sup> ions were considered as network forming [TiO<sub>4</sub>]-tetrahedron unit in the aluminosilicate framework. However, in a C/S > 0.7 regime, i.e., relatively basic melts, Ti<sup>4+</sup> ions were considered to form the [TiO<sub>5</sub>]-pyramid structure unit compensated by Ca<sup>2+</sup>. When adding Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> into the basic melts over 10 mass pct, [AlO<sub>4</sub>]-tetrahedrons take Ca<sup>2+</sup> ions for charge compensation, resulting in a decrease of stability of [TiO<sub>5</sub>] unit because of Ca<sup>2+</sup> depletion. At a greater than 10 mass pct Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> content in the basic melts, Ti<sup>4+</sup> replaced Al<sup>3+</sup> to form the [TiO<sub>4</sub>]-tetrahedron unit, decreasing the activity coefficient of TiO<sub>2</sub> in the slag.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141584918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenlei Zhou, Fuyong Su, Likun Yang, Sizong Zhang, Hailong Huo
{"title":"DDPM Simulation for Fluidization Behavior and Reduction of Iron Ore Fines with Hydrogen in the Fluidized Bed","authors":"Wenlei Zhou, Fuyong Su, Likun Yang, Sizong Zhang, Hailong Huo","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03205-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03205-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, the hydrogen direct reduction of iron ore fines is numerically studied by using the Dense Discrete Phase Model (DDPM) in the fluidized bed. The fluidization behavior at different inlet gas velocities (<i>U</i><sub>g</sub>) as well as the influence of <i>U</i><sub>g</sub> and hydrogen concentration on reduction degree (<i>RD</i>) are comprehensively investigated. The result indicates the increase of time-averaged solids volume fraction for the same cross-sectional heights with increasing <i>U</i><sub>g</sub> when the bed height (<i>H</i>) exceeds 0.06 m. Furthermore, the reduction rate of mineral powder increases with higher <i>U</i><sub>g</sub> value, and the <i>RD</i> reaches almost 100 pct after 4000 seconds of reduction time with <i>U</i><sub>g</sub> ranging from 0.35 to 0.65 m/s. The reduction rate increases noticeably with the increase of hydrogen concentration in the range of 10 to 100 pct, and Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> can be completely converted to Fe under condition of 65 pct H<sub>2</sub> concentration after 4000 seconds. Moreover, higher H<sub>2</sub> concentration leads to faster rate of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> consumption and Fe production. The mass fraction peak values of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and FeO are in the range of 0.29 to 0.34 and 0.21 to 0.24 under different H<sub>2</sub> concentrations, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141584921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution of Inclusion Distribution in Continuous Casting Slabs During Strip Feeding","authors":"Rui Zhang, Hong-Chun Zhu, Hua-Bing Li, Zhou-Hua Jiang, Tao Pan, Shu-Cai Zhang, Hao Feng","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03186-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03186-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Feeding strip significantly enhances continuous cast slab quality. To clarify its impact on inclusion distribution, a mathematical model coupling flow, solidification and inclusion motion have been developed. The upper recirculation, lower recirculation, and unformed recirculation flow occur during continuous casting. Under the resultant forces of drag, virtual mass, pressure gradient, Saffman, gravity, buoyancy, etc., the inclusion motion can be divided into two stages: Injection and Split flow. Feeding strip mainly affects inclusion motion by altering the drag, virtual mass, pressure gradient, and Saffman forces, which are closely related to the molten steel flow. After feeding strip, the lower recirculation on the strip feeding side is compressed, while it on the no-feeding side is expanded. The unformed recirculation flow on strip feeding side squeezes the flow below lower recirculation on no-feeding side. A higher strip feeding speed promotes downward inclusion motion, increasing the chance of being captured between the slab edge and strip. Unformed recirculation flow guides inclusions on the no-feeding side toward the slab edge, while expanded flow directs them toward the center. Consequently, inclusions on strip feeding side gradually gather between slab edge and quarter, while inclusions on no-feeding side first gather toward center and then toward edge of slab with increased strip feeding speed.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141584920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Nájera-Bastida, R. D. Morales, J. Guarneros-Guarneros, J. Rodríguez-Ávila, R. Zárate-Gutiérrez
{"title":"The Turbulence Length Scale as A Criterion to Evaluate the Performances of Tundish Inhibitors to Float Non-Metallic Inclusions","authors":"A. Nájera-Bastida, R. D. Morales, J. Guarneros-Guarneros, J. Rodríguez-Ávila, R. Zárate-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03192-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03192-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Five turbulence inhibitor (TI) designs are evaluated to define the highest performance to float non-metallic inclusions through the turbulence length scale analysis. The flow structures in the flow mushrooms, formed by the entry jet and its impact with a TI, generate coherent structures in the boundary layers’ walls of this device. The second invariant of the velocity gradient, <i>Q</i>, analyzes these structures. In the mushroom region, the inhibitor yielding the largest magnitudes of this second invariant has the most significant efficiency to float inclusions. Other criteria like the wall shear stress, the turbulent viscosity ratio, and the kinetic energy/friction velocity ratio are proved to be as valuable as the <i>Q</i> criterion to assess the performance of a given TI to float inclusions. This theory was tested numerically through the dynamics of amine particles in a tundish water model to simulate the dynamics of the non-metallic inclusions in steel and with amine powder injection experiments. The mass of powder escaping through the strand decreased as the absolute magnitudes of these criteria rose.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141584919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Marian Ogris, Susanne Michelic, Ernst Gamsjäger
{"title":"Dissolution of Oxide Particles in Multi-component Slags Governed by Diffusive and Convective Fluxes","authors":"Daniel Marian Ogris, Susanne Michelic, Ernst Gamsjäger","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03175-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03175-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The kinetics of the dissolution of oxide particles in metallurgical slags is simulated by means of a sharp-interface finite difference model where multi-component diffusion is considered. The effect of convective fluxes on the dissolution kinetics is being considered by a constrained boundary layer thickness. The thickness of this boundary layer can be estimated from theory and is used together with the interdiffusivity matrix to predict the dissolution kinetics of spherical alumina particles in various CaO–SiO<sub>2</sub>–Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> slags. The numerical results are compared to experimental observations using High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (HT-CSLM). The results imply that the processes controlling the dissolution kinetics are multi-component diffusion with density-driven convective fluxes in the liquid slag gaining more influence in the later stages of the dissolution process</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141566965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermodynamic Study of High-Purity TiSi2 Prepared by Directional Solidification","authors":"Yakun Zhang, Yun Lei, Yongsheng Ren, Wenhui Ma","doi":"10.1007/s11663-024-03194-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-024-03194-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The equilibrium segregation coefficient of impurities in materials is the theoretical basis for its purification. This study used the high-temperature chemical equilibration technique to determine the solid solubility and the approximate equilibrium segregation coefficients of Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, and Ni impurities in TiSi<sub>2</sub>. The results showed that the solid solubilities of Al, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Cu in TiSi<sub>2</sub> were in the range of 1.0 to 1.5 wt pct, and their equilibrium segregation coefficients were less than 1.</p>","PeriodicalId":18613,"journal":{"name":"Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141567099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}