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- Title
Electric Current Distribution During Electromagnetic Braking in Continuous Casting.
- Authors
Vakhrushev, Alexander; Kharicha, Abdellah; Liu, Zhongqiu; Wu, Menghuai; Ludwig, Andreas; Nitzl, Gerald; Tang, Yong; Hackl, Gernot; Watzinger, Josef
- Abstract
The electromagnetic brake (EMBr) is a well-known and widely applied technology for controlling the melt flow in the continuous casting (CC) of the steel. The effect of a steady (DC) magnetic field (0.31 T) in a CC mold is numerically studied based on the GaInSn experiment. The electrical boundary conditions are varied by considering a perfectly insulating/conductive mold or the presence of a conductive solid shell, which is experimentally modeled by 0.5 mm brass plates. An intense current density (up to 350 kA/m2) is induced by the EMBr magnetic field in the form of loops. The electric current loop tends to close either inside the liquid bulk or through the conductive solid. Based on the character of the induced current loop closures, the turbulent flow is affected as follows: (i) it becomes unstable in the insulated mold, forming 2D self-inducing vortex structures aligned with the magnetic field; (ii) it is strongly damped for the conductive mold; and (iii) it exhibits transitional behavior with the presence of a solid shell. The application of the obtained results for the real CC process is discussed and validated.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC currents; CONTINUOUS casting; CURRENT distribution; MAGNETIC structure; MAGNETIC fields; ELECTRIC current measurement; TRUCK maintenance &; repair; CLOSED loop systems
- Publication
Metallurgical & Materials Transactions. Part B, 2020, Vol 51, Issue 6, p2811
- ISSN
1073-5615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11663-020-01952-3