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- The research focused on enhancing the refining and homogenization process of liquid Fe-Si ferroalloy using a water model of a refining ladle, specifically by implementing a gas blowing technique through nozzles at the ladle's bottom.
- The study involved a physically scaled model of a 3 m ladle, using a gas flow rate of 26.8 l/min, exploring both combined blowing and the use of a purging plug to optimize the process.
- Laboratory tests led to the selection of a successful gas flow variant, which was later confirmed to improve the refining efficiency in industrial conditions by effectively reducing the carbon and aluminum content in the FeSi alloy.
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The article presents the results of research carried out using a water model of a refining ladle for the Fe-Si ferroalloys treatment. These studies were aimed at improving the efficiency of refining and homogenization of liquid Fe-Si ferroalloy in the refining ladle by using a new method of blowing gas through a system of nozzles installed at the bottom of the ladle. The obtained results allowed to determine the proper location of the plug at the bottom of the refining ladle and the possibility of using combined blowing. The tests were carried out for a refining ladle with a capacity of 3 m using a physical model on a linear scale of 1:3. The gas flow rate used in the model corresponded proportionally to the value previously used in industrial practice and amounted to 26.8 l/min. Experiments were performed for both combined blowing applications and through a purging plug at the bottom of the ladle. In the case of combined blowing, the volume of the gas stream was divided into two blowing sources (lance and purging plug). As a result of laboratory tests, one of the variants was selected and tested in industrial conditions. These studies confirmed the improvement in the efficiency of refining treatment of the FeSi alloy in terms of reducing the carbon and aluminum content in the alloy.x.
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