Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference - LMPC 2024

As part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, the steel industry constantly seeks to enhance operational efficiency. A significant area of focus is the optimization of temperature control in meltshops, a process traditionally constrained by the limitations inherent in Level 2 systems. These systems, characterized by static optimization and compartmentalized operations, lack a...

The understanding and controlling of the primary solidification, particularly the formation of first grains, is of significant relevance. Generally, high-Mn steels exhibit a coarse-grained microstructure in the millimeter range and are known for their high strain hardening ability and thus, excellent cyclic deformation resistance. In order to further improve the cyclic mechanical properties,...

The concept of the mechanical stirring technology was developed by INTECO to investigate the influence of mechanical rotation conditions on the solidification structure and to evaluate whether a similar or greater positive effect can be achieved than with electromagnetic stirring (EMS). The great advantage of the mechanical stirring effect compared to the EMS system is that forced convection...

Continuous casting (CC) became the world-leading technology for steel production. The thin slab casting (TSC) features a slab shape close to the final products, which are cast at high speeds and rapid solidification rates. The quality of the thin slabs is defined by the turbulent flow pattern and superheat distribution influencing the growing solid shell. To control the fresh melt feeding...

Electromagnetic stirring (EMS) has been recognized as a mature technique in steel industry to control the as-cast structure of steel continuous casting, and computational magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) methods have been applied to study the EMS efficiency. Most MHD methods de-coupled the calculations of electromagnetic and flow fields or simplifications were made for the flow-electromagnetic...

With increasing demands regarding efficiency and product quality, flow control by electromagnetic fields is becoming the state-of-the-art in continuous slab casting technology. In such systems, the flow is controlled by Lorentz forces, which arise from the interaction between liquid steel flow and externally applied magnetic field. Static magnetic fields generated by Electromagnetic Braking...

A common problem in continuous casting of steel is clogging of submerged entry nozzle (SEN) that occurs due to the continuous build-up of solid material. Clogging reduces productivity of the process and quality of the final product. The authors have developed a volume average model for particulate clogging of the nozzle. In this model, clog is treated as a developing porous medium due to the...

A two-phase columnar solidification model considering fluid flow, heat, and solute transport is applied to simulate the solidification in a 3D rotating geometry using the finite volume method. Molten steel alloy is confined within a rectangular cavity, initially at a temperature above the liquidus, with distinct hot and cold surfaces at the top and bottom, respectively. A slow cooling rate of...