Computational Investigation of Inclusion Removal in the Steel-Refining Ladle Process

In a steel-refining ladle, the properties of manufactured steel can be notably degraded due to presence excessive inclusions. Stirring via gas injection through porous plug is often used as part process reduce these this paper, 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling analyze transient multiphase flow and inclusion removal in gas-stirred ladle. The effects stirring with bubble-inclusion interaction are analyzed using Euler–Euler approach for modeling, while inclusions aggregation modeled population balance model (PBM).