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Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of a Laboratory Flash Reactor Relevant to a Novel Ironmaking Process

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CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016

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A computational fluid dynamic approach was used to simulate a flash reactor for a novel flash ironmaking process. In this simulation, H2 is injected with O2 through a non-premixed burner in the top part of the reactor to form a flame. The Euler-Lagrange approach was used in the CFD model to solve a set of gas-phase momentum, energy and turbulent closure equations. The stochastic trajectory model was used to describe particle dispersion due to turbulence. As the volume fraction of particle was in the order of 10−5 the system was treated as a dilute flow, namely the interparticle collisions were neglected. The partial combustion mechanism used in this model consisted of 7 chemical reactions involving 6 species. The temperature profile obtained from the simulation satisfactorily agreed with the experimental measurements, and the reduction degree obtained from the model also agreed with experimental results.

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  1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    Deqiu Fan, Yousef Mohassab & H. Y. Sohn

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  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

    Laurentiu Nastac (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry) (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry)

  2. University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  3. Yangtze River Scholars, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  4. University of Illinois, USA

    Brian G. Thomas (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium) (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium)

  5. Northeastern University (NEU), Shenyang, China

    Miaoyong Zhu (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS) (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS)

  6. Metallurgy Department, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

    Andreas Ludwig (Full Professor) (Full Professor)

  7. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

    Adrian S. Sabau (Senior Research Staff Member) (Senior Research Staff Member)

  8. University of Greenwich, London, UK

    Koulis Pericleous (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis) (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis)

  9. Ecole des Mines de Nancy (Lorraine University), France

    Hervé Combeau (professor) (professor)

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Fan, D., Mohassab, Y., Sohn, H.Y. (2016). Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of a Laboratory Flash Reactor Relevant to a Novel Ironmaking Process. In: Nastac, L., et al. CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65133-0_2

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