ISSN:
1573-1987
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract This paper treats the numerical analysis of two-phase mist jet flow, which is commonly adopted to cool the solidified shell in the secondary cooling zone of the continuous casting process. Flow structures of the two-phase subsonic jet impinging on a flat plate normal to flow, corresponding to the present cooling situation, are solved on the assumption that particles are perfectly elastically reflected from a surface. Again, the numerical experiments concerning mist flows composed of air and water-droplets are made in a cold model. The flow fields for both gas and particle phases strongly depend upon the particle size. When waterdroplets mixing in the mist are very small, the impinging particles travel very closely to the surface. With increasing particle size, particles are reflected from the surface in a far distance. Therefore, also, the case is analysed where a low velocity annular gas-only flow surrounding a round nozzle co-axially is present so that such idle particles may be pushed back to the surface again. This is considered to result in an improvement of the mist cooling efficiency.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00849549
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