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Effect of vacuum on mixing behavior in a ladle - a watermodel study

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Title Effect of vacuum on mixing behavior in a ladle - a watermodel study
 
Creator KRISHNAKUMAR, K
BALLAL, NB
 
Subject fluid-flow
gas injection
mass-transfer
reactors
model
time
mixing time
vacuum ladle
mixing phenomena
 
Description Rising inert gas bubbles in a vacuum ladle experience phenomenal expansion in the top portion of the bath due to the steep variation of absolute pressure. This makes the top layers of the melt substantially more agitated than the bottom regions. The present study is an attempt to characterize the mixing process in such a vacuum ladle by a watermodel, simulating the effect of extra stirring in the top layers of the bath. The simulation is done through a two-level blowing, in which an additional gas stream is injected into the main bubble plume at 75% of the bath height. It was found that mixing under such a simulated condition is worse than that in a bottom purged ladle, for identical total energy inputs to the bath. The study reveals that the energy imparted in the top layers of the liquid in the vacuum ladle is less effective in promoting mixing. The pattern of stirring energy input distribution along the height of the bath is an important parameter in determining the mixing behavior in a ladle, apart from the total energy input.
 
Publisher IRON STEEL INST JAPAN KEIDANREN KAIKAN
 
Date 2011-08-04T05:31:14Z
2011-12-26T12:54:34Z
2011-12-27T05:42:38Z
2011-08-04T05:31:14Z
2011-12-26T12:54:34Z
2011-12-27T05:42:38Z
1999
 
Type Article
 
Identifier ISIJ INTERNATIONAL, 39(11), 1120-1124
0915-1559
http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.39.1120
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/9259
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/9259
 
Language en