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Modelling of SEN Region of Steel Continuous
Caster
This study employs Computational Fluid Dynamics methods to simulate solidification
processes during continuous casting taking into account motion of nonmetallic
inclusions and gas bubbles.
Current studies include numerical implementation
of the solidification model and further research
work using OpenFOAM (Open Source CFD software).
An interaction between turbulent flow in the mold
and growing mushy zone is poorly investigated
field. Thus it also became one of the main points
of interest in this project. Numerical modelling of
the solidification is really important and permits
to carry out parametric study of real production
processes.
Alexander Vakhrushev
Lehrstuhl für Modellierung und Simulation
metallurgischer Prozesse
an der MUL seit: 2/2009
Email: alexander.vakhrushev@unileoben.ac.at
www.smmp.at.hm
Zur Person:
4/2005: PhD. Institute of Applied Mechanics (IAM),
UB of Russian Academy of Sciences
2005-2008: Postdoc IAM, Assistant professor
Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU)
seit 2/2009: Postdoc SMMP, University of Leoben
During steel continuous casting non-metallic inclusions
and argon gas are brought into the melt pool
of the caster. If inclusions become trapped in the
solidified strand they can cause undesired defects
in the final casting product. Avoiding this particle
entrapment into the solidifying shell is important to
improve the quality and purity of the continuous cast
product.
Due to the high temperatures and pressure it is hard
to study described processes inside the caster. At
this point numerical simulation comes to aid.
Forschungspartner:
Forschungsschwerpunkte:
CFD “Computational Fluid Dynamics”
Multiphase flow
Turbulence
DPM, VOF methods