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- Title
X-ray Imaging of Two-Phase Flow Regimes in a Liquid Metal Swirling Downward Flow With Side Wall Gas Injection.
- Authors
Timmel, K.; Shevchenko, N.; Fujita, K.; Tsukaguchi, Y.; Eckert, S.
- Abstract
The formation and behavior of gas bubbles is experimentally investigated in a liquid metal downward pipe flow, a configuration that largely corresponds to the situation in a submerged entry nozzle (SEN) in the continuous casting process in steel making. The experimental mockup is operated at room temperature using the ternary alloy GaInSn as model fluid. Argon gas is injected through an orifice located in the SEN wall. The gas distribution in the pipe is visualized by means of the X-ray radiography. The set-up is completed by an electromagnetic stirrer, which is used to create a swirling flow in the tube. Depending on the volume flow rates of the gas and the liquid metal, as well as the intensity of the swirl flow generated by the stirrer, 4 flow regimes are observed: (1) the formation of an almost stationary gas pocket in the region below the injection point without any electromagnetic stirring, (2) a twisted void zone along the side wall, (3) a straight void zone in the center of the pipe, and (4) a bubble chain in the core of the pipe flow. The experiments reveal that the wetting conditions at the inner SEN wall have a decisive influence on the resulting flow regime.
- Subjects
SWIRLING flow; LIQUID metals; X-ray imaging; GAS injection; PIPE flow; TWO-phase flow
- Publication
Metallurgical & Materials Transactions. Part B, 2024, Vol 55, Issue 1, p550
- ISSN
1073-5615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11663-023-02976-1