About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics
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| Presentation Title |
Numerical Study of Magnetohydrodynamic and Heat Transfer of Steel During Electromagnetic Stirring in the Ladle Furnace With Different Coils Designs |
| Author(s) |
Jorge Munguia, Jose Angel Ramos, Constantin Alberto Hernandez, Mario Herrera, Alberto Beltran, Nancy Margarita Lopez, Ilse Ivette Becerril |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jorge Munguia |
| Abstract Scope |
A numerical simulation of the electromagnetic stirring system inside the ladle furnace was developed, using diferent stirring coil designs, with a current intensity of 1000[A] per coil. It was found that, of the three cases analyzed, the arrangement that uses a cylindrical design yielded shorter mixing times, reaching a 95% mixture of a tracer species after 140 s of stirring. Likewise, higher velocities were found in this arrangement, reaching maximum values of 1.12 [m⋅s-1], achieving greater thermal homogeneity of the steel compared to the other two remaining cases with a temperature gradient of 1.1 [K]. On the other hand, in this case, a higher average heating rate of the steel was also obtained due to the Joule effect, finding that even though the rate of heat loss through the walls is greater than the heating rate provided by this effect, it is possible to mitigate the average cooling rate. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Modeling and Simulation, Process Technology, Iron and Steel |