Cold model study of metal droplet descent through fluids including a treatment of the non-Newtonian behaviour as exhibited by molten stag system

Prakash, S and Mukherjee, K and Mehrotra, S P (2005) Cold model study of metal droplet descent through fluids including a treatment of the non-Newtonian behaviour as exhibited by molten stag system. Ironmaking & Steelmaking, 32 (6). pp. 494-502.

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Abstract

In the context of several high temperature metallurgical processes including blast furnaces, a cold model study simulating a metal droplet descent through the surrounding fluid system is presented. The study comprises an experimental programme employing wide range of fluids exhibiting both Newtonian and non-Newtonian behaviour. Such fluid systems are encountered in slag-metal droplet systems where viscosity of the slag system has a significant effect on the kinetics of refining reactions. Slag systems generally possess random network structures comprising internal regions of weak ordering and the presence of these regions may result in non-Newtonian behaviour of the slag. As the viscosity of the slag is very sensitive to structure, a treatment of non-Newtonian behaviour as exhibited by some molten slag systems is therefore required. Two parameters have been identified and estimated that help to determine the rheological characteristics of fluids in relation to their network structure. The underlying principle of the model development has been that the external pressure exerts a driving force that affects the motion of the fluid to a degree dependent on the rheological behaviour and the network structure of the fluid. The paper also describes some results of a cold model study of the momentum transfer to the fluid system by correlating the drag Reynolds number with the modified drag coefficient for non-Newtonian fluids

Item Type:Article
Official URL/DOI:DOI: 10.1179/174328105X48106
Uncontrolled Keywords:metal droplet descent; blast furnace slag; network structure; cold model
Divisions:Metal Extraction and Forming
ID Code:3339
Deposited By:Sahu A K
Deposited On:14 Jul 2011 17:12
Last Modified:08 Feb 2012 11:58
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