CFD simulation of multiphase melt flows in steelmaking converters

The three-dimensional, transient, non-isothermal flow of melt, slag and oxygen/argon is simulated for a 335 t combined blowing converter with six-hole top lance and 14 bottom tuyeres. The calculation is based on the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations and the Standard k-epsilon model. The time-dependent formation of the melt...