铜底吹熔池熔炼炉多相流数值模拟

Numerical simulation of multiphase flow in oxygen bottom-blowing copper melting furnance

  • 摘要: 在铜的富氧底吹熔池熔炼过程中,熔池内的多相流动决定了颗粒下料、传热传质及化学反应速率。本文建立了包含气泡、铜锍、渣的三相数学模型,并通过水力学模型实验对数学模型进行了验证。对不同气流速度、铜锍深度、渣层厚度进行了数值模拟,研究炉内渣眼尺寸、旋流强度及漩涡位置等情况。结果表明,随着气流速度增大,气泡流对熔池的搅拌程度逐渐强烈,气泡弥散程度降低,但气流速度过大容易造成熔体喷溅。铜锍深度越大,旋涡搅拌面积越大,旋流强度越大,渣层变短变厚,有利于排渣,但熔池深度增大到一定程度时渣眼直径急剧减小,并且铜锍卷渣程度增大。随着渣层厚度增加,铜锍层内气泡尺寸增大,渣眼尺寸急剧减小,甚至消失,漩涡同时出现在铜锍和渣层内,导致卷渣严重。

     

    Abstract: During the oxygen-enriched bottom blown copper smelting process, multiphase flow in the molten pool determines the particle feeding, heat transfer, mass transfer, and chemical reaction rate. In this paper, a three-phases mathematical model including air bubble, copper matte and slag was established. The model was further verified through a hydraulic model experiment. Numerical simulations under different airflow rates, copper matte depths and slag layer thicknesses were conducted to investigate the size of the plume eye, swirl intensity and position of the vortex. The results show that as the air flow velocity increases, the stirring from bubble flow to the bath is enhanced and bubble dispersion is decreased, but excessive airflow speed is easy to cause melt splash. The stirring area of the vortex and the swirl intensity increase with copper matte depth. The slag layer becomes shorter and thicker, which is beneficial for slag-off. However, the diameter of the plume eye decreases sharply, and the degree of copper matte slag increases when the depth of molten poll increase to a certain extent. With the increase of the slag layer thickness, the bubble size in the copper matte layer increases, while the plume eye size decreases sharply or even disappears. Vortexes appeare in both the copper matte and slag layers, resulting in serious slag entrapment.

     

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