Optimization of Metallurgical Reactors Using Mathematical and Physical Modeling

The Special Issue of Journal of Metallurgy 2014 addresses the optimization of metallurgical reactors, such as smelting, refining, and casting furnaces for steel and aluminum, using mathematical and physical modeling to simulate the fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, and solidification. Li and researchers studied electroslag remelting of a die steel ingot using mathematical modeling. Meng and researchers calculated the macrosegregation in a water-cooled flat ingot. Zhang and researchers simulated the solidification of Fe-Ni-based ingot under a vacuum condition. Liu and researchers studied the transient flow and inclusion motion in a continuous-casting mold using large eddy simulation. Zhang and researchers studied characteristics of the fluid flows in a self-stirring reactor using both physical and mathematical modeling. Wu and colleagues performed three-dimensional numerical analysis on the effect of the gas distribution on the characteristics inside a COREX shaft furnace.