Title
Heat removal analysis on steel billets and slabs produced by continuous casting using numerical simulation
Date Issued
01 November 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer London
Abstract
Simulation of a continuous casting process (CCP) is very important for improving industrial practices, reducing working times, and assuring safety operating conditions. The present work is focused on the development of a computational simulator to calculate and analyze heat removal during continuous casting of steel; routines for reading the geometrical configuration and operating conditions were developed for an easy management. Here, a finite difference method is used to solve the steel thermal behavior using a 2D computational array. Conduction, radiation, and forced convection equations are solved to simulate heat removal according to a steel position along the continuous casting machine. A graphical user interface (GUI) was also developed to display virtual sketches of the casting machines; moreover, computational facilities were programmed to show results such as temperature and solidification profiles. The results are analyzed and validated by comparison with industrial trials; finally, the influence of some industrial parameters such as casting speed and quenching conditions is analyzed to provide some recommendations in order to warrant safety operating conditions.
Start page
1545
End page
1565
Volume
93
Issue
August 5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería industrial
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020523816
Source
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
ISSN of the container
02683768
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus