9th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking - STEELSIM2021

The electric arc furnace (EAF), as one of the most critical equipment in the modern steelmaking process, has gained rapid prominence in the industry over the last decades due to its high efficiency and low emission. Generally, EAF utilizes electrical and chemical energy to achieve the purpose of scrap melting while the heat released by arc plasma is considered as the major input to melt scrap....

Nowadays, the Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) process is effectively utilized to manufacture Titanium-based alloys. Most often, an external axial magnetic field (AMF) is deliberately introduced to stabilize the arc. The AMF also impacts the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in the melt pool, and consequently the solidification (macrosegregation and grain structure) of the ingot. To study the...

The electro-slag remelting (ESR) is a well-known process, which is widely used in the production chain of high-quality alloys. These alloys are used for many different applications ranging from tool steels to superalloys used in aero- or spacecraft applications. The process design is mainly unaltered since several decades. There only have been improvements regarding the process control and the...