Heng Cui

The Composition and Morphology Evolution of Oxide Inclusions in Ti-bearing Ultra Low-carbon Steel Melt Refined in the RH Process

Before deoxidation, the main inclusions were Fe–Mn–O inclusions in Ti-bearing ultra low-carbon steel melt. After 3 min Al addition, the inclusions changed to be granular and spherical Al2O3. Al2O3 cluster, composed of granular and spherical particles with diameter 1–2 μm, formed in 7 to 10 min after Al addition into the melt. Al2O3·TiOx inclusions with the Ti/(Al+Ti) between 0.15 and 0.30 formed 3 min after ferro-titanium addition and Al2O3·TiOx cluster formed because rich [Ti] and poor [Al] regions existed around the ferro-titanium particles and Al2O3 cluster. The Ti3O5 was hard to be formed when acid-soluble aluminum exceeded 0.035% with titanium blow 0.08%. The activity of Ti3O5 in the complex liquid phase inclusions increased remarkably with the decrease of acid-soluble aluminum and increase of titanium.

A New Method Based on the F-Curve for Characterizing Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting Tundishes

Abstract“Combined Model” is often applied to characterize the fluid flow in tundishes. There are different ways to manage the calculation of this model, while the most recently used is introduced by SAHAI and EMI. But this approach may lead to incorrect results in some special cases. In this paper, a new method based on the F-Curve is proposed to analyze the fluid flow in tundishes, and the relationship between E-Curve and F-Curve is concerned. In the end, their application to tundish fluid flow has been outlined. The dead volume calculated by the new method is much close to the results of dye experiment and the numerical simulation.