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Understanding Characteristic of Abrasion of Refractory Lining Caused by Bath Oscillation in BOF Steelmaking

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This paper presents a numerical study of the refractory abrasion occurring widely inside basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking. The mechanism of refractory abrasion is examined numerically referring to the bath oscillation with regard to flows, turbulence and wall shear stress inside a BOF. The simulation results reveal that the refractory abrasion tends to occur on the wall region between the slag/atmosphere and slag/metal interfaces due to the oscillation of the bath in the blowing process, which generally promotes slag-line erosion. The decreased nozzle angle, and either increased lance height or operation pressure can lead to more serious refractory erosion that occurs more likely during the slag-making period in the operation of BOF.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51104037, 50774019) and the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central Universities of China (Grant Nos. N120402010, N140204008) for the financial support of this work.

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  1. School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, 3-11 Wenhua Road, Heping District, P. O. Box 312, Shenyang, 110819, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Li, Mingming Li & Zongshu Zou

  2. Key Laboratory of Ecological Utilization of Multi-metallic Mineral of Education Ministry, Northeastern University, 3-11 Wenhua Road, Heping District, P. O. Box 312, Shenyang, 110819, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Li, Mingming Li & Zongshu Zou

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    S. B. Kuang

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Li, Q., Li, M., Kuang, S.B. et al. Understanding Characteristic of Abrasion of Refractory Lining Caused by Bath Oscillation in BOF Steelmaking. JOM 68, 3126–3133 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-016-2078-8

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