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Item Determining Changes in the Temperature Field of a Graphitized Hollow Electrode During Metal Processing Periods in Ladle-Furnace(РС Тесhnology Сеntеr, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2021) Ruban, Volodymyr; Stoianov, Oleksandr; Niziaiev, Kostiantyn; Synehin, YevhenENG: This paper reports an analysis of the process of heating a graphitized hollow electrode (GHE) during steel processing in ladle-furnace. The results of the numerical modeling of electrode operation are given. The data on the temperature field of the electrode were obtained when electricity was supplied and during periods without electrical loading. Values of the Joule heat released at electrode operation during the periods of metal heating in ladle-furnace were calculated; they amounted to 1.11–1.15 MW/m3. Coefficients of the heat transfer by convection have been calculated for the inner and outer GHE surface: 1.60 and 1.80, and 5–17 W/(m2∙°C), respectively. Values of the electrode temperature gradient in the high-temperature zone were obtained, which, for the first heating period, reached 8,286 °C/m, for the third ‒ to 6,571 °C/m. It was established that during the cooling periods of the electrode, the temperature gradient is significantly reduced and amounts to the inner surface of 379 °C/m; to the outer surface ‒ 3,613 °C/m; the vertical plane to the end of the electrode ‒ 1,469 °C/m. The directions to improve the installation’s thermal work and reduce its resource intensity during out-of-furnace processing of steel have been defined. It has been determined that during the periods of electrode operation with current supply, significant values of the temperature gradient are observed, which are concentrated in the end part. During the periods of operation without current supply, a locally overheated zone forms, taking the shape of a torus flattened along the axis, which is created as a result of the accumulation of heat from the preceding period. The data have been acquired on the effect exerted by the gas supply through a hollow electrode on the parameters of formation of the high-temperature GHE regions. It has been shown that the supply of neutral gas through a graphitized hollow electrode at a flow rate of 0.05 m3/min shifts the high-temperature zone to the periphery by 3.5–4.2 mm, as well as reduces its height by 1.0–1.2 mm. The study reported here could make it possible to calculate expedient gas and material consumption for controlling the oxidation of metal and slag, to reduce the consumption of graphitized electrodes, to bring down energy- and resource costs for metal production.Item Study of the Designs of Bottom Blowing Devices for Oxidative Blowing in Teeming Ladles(НМетАУ, Дніпро, 2021) Molchanov, Lavr; Arendach, Natalia; Synehin, YevhenENG: It is discussed in the article the concept proposed for the production of ultra-low carbon steel, which involves the production of crude steel in basic oxygen furnace followed by oxidative blowing with an oxygen-argon mixture in a teeming ladle to decrease a carbon content in steel to less than 0.03%. High efficiency of the proposed technology is possible only under the intensive process of metal decarburization, which consists of the three stages: supply of reagents to the gas bubble, chemical interaction of reagents on theinterfacial surface and removal of reaction products. At low carbon concentrations in the metal, the limiting link of the process is carbon mass transfer to the interfacial surface, which can be intensified by melt stirring. The objective of this article is to study the influence of design of the blowing devices, namely, the position and shape of the pores, on the efficiency of metal homogenization in the teeming ladle. Blowing devices with a circular hole, a slit and undirectional porosity were considered. To perform physical simulation by Buckingham's theorem, similarity numbers were chosen to describe the considered process. In particular, it is proposed to use dimensionless volume flow and a modified homochronicity number. Based on the physical simulation on the “water” model, it was found that the best results of homogenization of the chemical composition of the liquid metal in the teeming ladle show blowing devices with undirected porosity. They are ideal for oxidative purging in a crowded ladle with a mixture of argon and oxygen required for the production of ultra-low carbon steel with an oxygen content of less than 0.03%. The purpose of further research is to develop the design of the mixing chamber of the purge device, in which oxygen and argon are pre-mixed before injection into the liquid metal.