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Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We have numerically studied the fluid dynamics in a model of Teniente type copper converter with combined lateral and bottom gas injection. The three-dimensional simulation of the two-phase system was carried out using the volume of fluid (VOF) and the standard k-ε turbulence models implemented in the commercial solver Fluent. The numerical investigation was carried out in a 1: 5 scaled water slice model for three different gas injection Froude numbers of the bottom tuyere (0, 36, and 64). The submerged gas injection produces a turbulent jet and provides efficient mixing of the gas and liquid phases. The gas injection through a bottom tuyere increases the fluid mixing, and for Froude number of Fr = 64 interactions between the two gas jets were found.

Source: Advances in Mechanical Engineering

DOI: 10.1155/2013/902874

Authors: Alvaro Valencia, Marco Rosales-Vera, Camilo Orellana

Institution: University of Chile

Language: English

Topic: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics

Subfield: Metals and Alloys

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,650

Funder: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica