Modeling Air Aspiration in Steel Continuous Casting Slide-Gate Nozzles

Air aspiration is an important cause of nozzle clogging and inclusions in final products of continuous casting of steel due to the presence of metal oxides (such as alumina) which occur through the reoxidation of molten steel. This problem is most likely to occur when the flow control system (slide-...

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Main Authors: Hyunjin Yang, Hamed Olia, Brian G. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/1/116