A Mechanism Model for Raceway Formation and Variation in a Blast Furnace.

Guo, Jing; Cheng, Shusen; Zhao, Hongbo; Pan, Hongwei; Du, Pengyu; Teng, Zhaojie

In this article, a previous mechanical model is extended to predict raceway penetration in a blast furnace (BF) and to dynamically illustrate how raceway penetration varies over time after the blast velocity varies based on Newton's second law. The model is validated by industrial measurements, and more precise predictions have been obtained using the present model. Moreover, the effects of combustion reactions on the raceway shape and size are taken into account in the present model. The mechanism for raceway formation and variation revealed by the present model is as follows: Fast movements of packed bed above a raceway roof due to blast blowing rate variation make raceway size vary rapidly and form its prototype; combustion reactions modify raceway size and shape, and they maintain its stability.

BLAST furnaces; MECHANICAL models; NEWTON'S second law of motion; COMBUSTION reactors; METALLURGY; PROTOTYPES

Metallurgical & Materials Transactions. Part B, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 3, p487

1073-5615

Academic Journal

10.1007/s11663-013-9833-9