Physical Modeling and Optimization of Bottom Tuyere Configuration and Blowing Parameters in a Top and Bottom Combined Blowing Converter

✍ Scribed by Zhong, Liang-Cai ;Lei, Zhe-Long ;Ji, Chen-Xi ;Zhu, Ying-Xiong ;Jiang, Mao-Fa ;Chen, Jun-Ying

• Publisher: Curtin University of Technology
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 667 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-1855
• DOI: 10.1002/apj.5500140302

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Optimizing experiments for the bottom tuyere configuration and blowing parameters of the 120 tonne top and bottom combined blowing converter at Shaoguan Iron & Steel Co. were carried out in a reduced‐scale water model. Results showed that the former configuration with 6 bottom tuyeres in the converter was not suitable with bath stirring because of the two tuyeres arranged in 0.33D pitch circle which caused the cavity deformation and stirring energy loss. Ideal bath stirring in the converter was obtained by using a new arrangement with 4 bottom tuyeres, two being in 0.57D pitch circle and the other two in 0.42D pitch circle. The optimal blowing parameters of the converter with the new bottom tuyere configuration were 1.26 Nm^3^/h of bottom gas flow rate, 160 mm of top lance height, and 30.52 Nm^3^/h of top gas flow rate.