Materials Processing Fundamentals 2024: Iron and Steel Production (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)

This collection covers various aspects of the fundamentals, synthesis, analysis, design, monitoring, and control of metals, materials, and metallurgical processes and phenomena. This volume will focus on the fundamentals of iron and steel production including ladle processing, casting, rolling, forging, and subsequent surface treatments. Topics represented include, but are not limited to: • Use of artificial intelligence or big data in the control or optimization of industrial processes • Modelling or optimization of recycle streams and scrap loops • Measurement and control in hostile environments • Modeling transport phenomena in materials processing and metallurgical processes involving iron, steel, nonferrous metals, and composites • Thermodynamics, kinetics, andphysical chemistry of materials processes and modelling thereof Preface Contents About the Editors Part I Numerical Models 1 Numerical Simulation of the Behavioral Characteristics of Sprayed Water Droplets in a Hot Gas–Solid Fluidized Bed 2 A Novel Electrode Model for Søderberg Electrodes 3 Development of the KR Desulfurization Process Model Centered on Production Rhythm 4 Evolution of the Tundish Flux Microstructure During Continuous Casting Process: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Part II Thermodynamics and Slag Behavior 5 Dissolution Behavior of AlN in CaO–Al2O3-Based Slag 6 Equilibrium Between Yttrium and Oxygen in Molten Iron 7 Influence of a Rising Bubble on the Behavior of the Slag-Steel Interface 8 Influence of Slag Viscosity on Copper Matte Entrainment Volume by a Rising Bubble Through Immiscible Liquids Interface Part III Processing 9 Effect of MgO on Crystallization Properties of Mold Flux for Ultra-wide Slab Peritectic Steel 10 Study on Solidification Shrinkage Behavior of Beam Blank Based on a High Temperature Strain Model 11 In-Situ Observation of Melting and Solidification Process of CuCr Alloy by High Temperature Confocal Microscope 12 Research on Fluid Flow Characteristics in Converter Tapping Process 13 Interaction Between MgO-Bearing Lining Refractory Rods and a High-Carbon SiMn-Killed Steel 14 Effect of Stirring and Lanthanum in the Steel on the Interfacial Reaction Between the Steel and the MgO-C Refractory 15 Study on the Key Technology of Preparing Vanadium Base Alloy for Nuclear Power Part IV New Processes 16 Thermodynamic Analysis of Vacuum Carbothermal Reduction for Synthesis of Ferrosilicon Alloy from Pickling Sludge 17 Production of Soft Magnetic Composites Using Cold Sintering Technique for Metals 18 Removing the Inclusions in Four-Strand Asymmetrical Tundish by Using a Crutch-Shaped Baffle 19 Study on Flow Characteristics of Extracted Titanium Tailings in a Fluidized Furnace with Liquid Addition Part V Poster Session 20 Density Functional Theory (DFT) Simulation of Microsurface Properties of FeO 21 Effect of Super-Gravity Field on the Purification and Solidification Structure of Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) 22 Modeling of Temperature Drop Prediction of Hot Metal Based on Heat-Transfer Mechanism and Machine Learning 23 Modification and Evaluation of Desulfurization and Denitrification of 360 m2 Sintering Machine in Shougang Qian’an Company 24 New Strategy for the Optimization of Mold Flux During Continuous Casting of High-Ti Steel 25 Optimization of Deflector Hole on Porous Baffle Wall in Six-Strand Tundish for Bloom Continuous Casting 26 Optimization of Submerged Nozzle and Chamfer Design in the Mold of Bloom Continuous Casting Process Using Numerical Simulation 27 Research and Practice on the Technology of Ultra-Thick Bed Sintering of Iron Ore in Shougang Jingtang Sintering Plant 28 Study on Resource Utilization of Sintering Semi-Dry Desulphurization Ash 29 Study on the Influence of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field on the Absorption Rate of Al2O3 Inclusion in Low Reactivity Mold Flux Author Index Subject Index This collection covers various aspects of the fundamentals, synthesis, analysis, design, monitoring, and control of metals, materials, and metallurgical processes and phenomena. This volume will focus on the fundamentals of iron and steel production including ladle processing, casting, rolling, forging, and subsequent surface treatments. Topics represented include, but are not limited Use of artificial intelligence or big data in the control or optimization of industrial processes Modelling or optimization of recycle streams and scrap loops Measurement and control in hostile environments Modeling transport phenomena in materials processing and metallurgical processes involving iron, steel, nonferrous metals, and composites Thermodynamics, kinetics, and physical chemistry of materials processes and modelling thereof