Resolving gas bubbles ascending in liquid metal from low-SNR neutron radiography images

M Birjukovs, P Trtik, A Kaestner, J Hovind, M Klevs… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
We demonstrate a new image processing methodology for resolving gas bubbles travelling
through liquid metal from dynamic neutron radiography images with an intrinsically low …

Interface-resolved simulation of bubbles–metal–slag multiphase system in a gas-stirred ladle

Q Li, PC Pistorius - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2021 - Springer
A grid-filtered scale interface-resolved volume of fluid (VoF) model coupling a sub-grid scale
large eddy simulation (LES) was used to directly simulate bubble behavior and the evolution …

Large bubble-resolved direct numerical simulation for multiphase flow applied to gas-stirred ladles: Grid resolution and plug eccentricity effects

Q Li, PC Pistorius - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2023 - Springer
There is a need for bubble-scale modeling of bubbly multiphase turbulent flow in gas-stirred
reactors, with a direct resolution of bubble formation, bubble shape, bubble deformation …

CFD modeling of multiphase flow in an SKS furnace: The effect of tuyere arrangements

K Song, A Jokilaakso - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2021 - Springer
The emerging bottom blown copper smelting (SKS) technology has attracted growing
interest since it came into production. To further reveal the agitation behavior inside the bath …

Particle tracking velocimetry in liquid gallium flow around a cylindrical obstacle

M Birjukovs, P Zvejnieks, T Lappan, M Sarma… - Experiments in …, 2022 - Springer
This paper demonstrates particle tracking velocimetry performed for a model system wherein
particle-laden liquid metal flow around a cylindrical obstacle was studied. We present the …

Process optimization of bottom-blown argon for 130t ladle furnace

L **ng, W **ao, Y Bao, M Wang… - Ironmaking & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
A quarter scale water model experiment is employed to investigate the effect of single and
double porous plug placement and blowing flow rates on the mixing time, slag eye area, and …

Dynamic mode decomposition of magnetohydrodynamic bubble chain flow in a rectangular vessel

M Klevs, M Birjukovs, P Zvejnieks, A Jakovics - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the first application of dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to bubble flow
with resolved dynamic liquid/gas boundaries. Specifically, we have applied DMD to the …

Toward multiscale model development for multiphase flow: Direct numerical simulation of dispersed phases and multiscale interfaces in a gas-stirred ladle

Q Li, PC Pistorius - JOM, 2021 - Springer
Insights into dispersed phases, such as bubbles and droplets, and multiscale interfaces in a
gas-stirred ladle are of great significance to multiphase systems of metallurgical reactors, but …

Physical and numerical simulation of the optimum nozzle radial position in ladles with one nozzle and bottom gas injection

W Feng, AN Conejo - ISIJ International, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The effect of the nozzle radial position on both mixing time and slag eye due to bottom gas
injection in metallurgical ladles was investigated using physical and mathematical …

Numerical simulation of fluid flow in a gas-stirred ladle using a particle-free surface coupled model

B Zhu, B Zhang, K Chattopadhyay - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2020 - Springer
A particle-free surface coupled (PFC) model was developed using the Eulerian–Eulerian
approach to predict fluid flow behavior in a gas-stirred ladle. The relative parameters of the …