Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres

Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres

We have numerically studied the fluid dynamics in a model of Teniente type copper converter with combined lateral and bottom gas injection. The three-dimensional simulation of the two-phase system was carried out using the volume of fluid (VOF) and the standard k -ε turbulence models implemented in...

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Main Authors: Alvaro Valencia, Marco Rosales-Vera, Camilo Orellana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/902874
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spelling doaj-64daaefadde5478cb9575610d19c785e2020-11-25T03:34:05ZengSAGE PublishingAdvances in Mechanical Engineering1687-81322013-01-01510.1155/2013/90287410.1155_2013/902874Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two TuyeresAlvaro Valencia0Marco Rosales-Vera1Camilo Orellana2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Beaucheff 850, Santiago 8370448, Chile Institute for Innnovation in Mining and Metallurgy, Ahumada 341, Santiago 8320181, Chile Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Beaucheff 850, Santiago 8370448, ChileWe have numerically studied the fluid dynamics in a model of Teniente type copper converter with combined lateral and bottom gas injection. The three-dimensional simulation of the two-phase system was carried out using the volume of fluid (VOF) and the standard k -ε turbulence models implemented in the commercial solver Fluent. The numerical investigation was carried out in a 1: 5 scaled water slice model for three different gas injection Froude numbers of the bottom tuyere (0, 36, and 64). The submerged gas injection produces a turbulent jet and provides efficient mixing of the gas and liquid phases. The gas injection through a bottom tuyere increases the fluid mixing, and for Froude number of Fr = 64 interactions between the two gas jets were found.https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/902874
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author Alvaro Valencia
Marco Rosales-Vera
Camilo Orellana
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Marco Rosales-Vera
Camilo Orellana
Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
Advances in Mechanical Engineering
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Marco Rosales-Vera
Camilo Orellana
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title Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
title_short Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
title_full Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
title_fullStr Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
title_full_unstemmed Fluid Dynamics in a Teniente Type Copper Converter Model with One and Two Tuyeres
title_sort fluid dynamics in a teniente type copper converter model with one and two tuyeres
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Advances in Mechanical Engineering
issn 1687-8132
publishDate 2013-01-01
description We have numerically studied the fluid dynamics in a model of Teniente type copper converter with combined lateral and bottom gas injection. The three-dimensional simulation of the two-phase system was carried out using the volume of fluid (VOF) and the standard k -ε turbulence models implemented in the commercial solver Fluent. The numerical investigation was carried out in a 1: 5 scaled water slice model for three different gas injection Froude numbers of the bottom tuyere (0, 36, and 64). The submerged gas injection produces a turbulent jet and provides efficient mixing of the gas and liquid phases. The gas injection through a bottom tuyere increases the fluid mixing, and for Froude number of Fr = 64 interactions between the two gas jets were found.
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