Experimental and Discrete Element Method Analysis of Galvanized Steel Scrap Particles Along and After an Inclined Chute

HIsarna is a novel ironmaking process with great raw materials versatility that attractive for various secondary resources. Among the can be recycled, there steel scrap which fed to furnace bath through an inclined chute. The velocity distribution of particles along chute affects particles’ on liquid slag and, thereupon, efficient operation reactor. In this study, flow same dimensions as those actual plant investigated experimentally and numerically. simulations are validated using tip mass fractions collected at different compartments sampling device. Translational angular distributions across reported, effect parameters investigated. impact shape simulation found negligible. in cross-sections exhibited V-shaped orientation, whereas translational displayed similar values cross-sections. Moreover, appeared increase increasing inclination angles, increased decreasing batch size.