EP1332235B1 - Dispositif rotatif de dispersion de gaz pour le traitement d'un bain de metal liquide - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a rotary gas dispersing device for treatment. a bath of liquid metal, in particular aluminum, an aluminum alloy, magnesium or a magnesium alloy.
- the invention relates more particularly a rotary injector (or "rotor") intended for the injection and dispersion of at least one process gas in a metal in the liquid state.
- Liquid aluminum leaving electrolytic cells or reflow ovens contains dissolved or suspended impurities.
- the most important of these impurities are hydrogen, alkaline elements such as sodium or calcium and oxides, in particular oxides originating from the oxidation of the metal during treatment.
- liquid aluminum is subjected to various treatments for the elimination of impurities.
- a so-called "treatment” gas which can be inert or reagent.
- an argon bubble will carry with it on the surface of the bath a solid inclusion in suspension and / or capture, by diffusion, the hydrogen dissolved in the liquid metal.
- a chlorine bubble will react with the sodium contained and give a sodium salt which will also be transported to the surface of the bath.
- mixtures, such as argon which may contain a few percent of reactive gas of the chlorine type.
- Such gas action treatments can be carried out batchwise in a oven or in a crucible (this is called a "batch” treatment). Treatments are most often carried out continuously between the furnace and the casting machine in a chute or in a treatment tank (or “pocket”) of the type of the one which is schematically shown in Figure 1.
- the effectiveness of the treatment is maximum when the exchange surface between the bath and the gas is itself maximum. This is achieved by designing the dispersing device so as to obtain very small bubbles, to project these bubbles throughout the volume liquid metal (i.e. so as to produce as little dead volume as possible) and create recirculations of the bath itself so that it comes into contact with bubbles (always in order to obtain the least dead volume possible).
- the process gas can be dispersed in various ways in the liquid metal.
- static dispersing devices are used, such as canes, or, more frequently, rotary dispersing devices which include one or more several rotary injectors.
- a rotary injector or "rotor” is typically composed of a drive shaft hollow through which the gas arrives, gas emission orifices and blades.
- the blades serve to stir the bath, to disperse the gas therein and, sometimes, to split the bubbles into bubbles of smaller dimension by shearing effect.
- the holes are generally located near the rotor blades, for example between them or at their end.
- International application WO 98/05915 (corresponding to the patent US 6,060,013) describes a rotary injector of this type.
- European application EP 819,770 (equivalent to American patent US 5,904,894) describes a rotary injector into which the treatment gas is injected using a porous material inert towards liquid metal.
- Rotary injectors do not make it possible to control in a manner satisfactory the flow rate and the size of the gas bubbles emitted.
- Rotary injectors comprising emission orifices which present risks of blockage of the orifices and changes in the size of the orifices and blades by erosion, which modifies the quality of the gas dispersion.
- the pores are often too large. Therefore, on the one hand, the bubbles are too large, lack efficiency, the gas being insufficiently dispersed in liquid metal, and cause harmful surface swirls; else hand, it is necessary not to stop the passage of gas through the pores to prevent liquid metal from entering, especially during rest periods between two flows. On the other hand, when the pores are too small, the bubbles spread and remain large and it is difficult to introduce a high gas flow rate into the metal liquid.
- porous diffusers even with very fine porosities (for example less than about 1 mm), located at the bottom of the tanks or ovens at best allow bubbles of the order of 30 to 50 mm to be obtained of diameter.
- the Applicant has continued its efforts to increase the efficiency of the treatment of liquid metal, in particular by controlling and reducing the diameter of the bubbles emitted by a rotary gas injector.
- the invention relates to a rotary injector for injecting gas, called “gas treatment ", in a liquid metal comprising a drive shaft, means stirring, means for conveying gas and means for emitting said gas, and being characterized in that the transmission means are, in whole or in part, constituted at least one material wettable by said liquid metal, said material being of preferably substantially inert to said liquid metal.
- said material can be made wettable with a coating of material wettable by liquid metal.
- the invention also relates to a rotary dispersion device comprising at minus a rotary injector according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to a device for treating a liquid metal, such as a degassing bag, comprising at least one rotary injector or at least one rotary dispersing device according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to the use of the injector according to the invention for the treatment of a liquid metal, in batch or continuously, in particular in an oven or in a chute.
- the invention also relates to a method for treating a liquid metal characterized in that at least one rotary injector according to the invention is used.
- Said metal may be aluminum or one of its alloys, or magnesium or a of its alloys.
- Figure 1 illustrates a typical liquid metal processing device using a rotary injector.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the wettability criterion within the meaning of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates four embodiments of the rotary injector according to the invention, seen in perspective.
- FIG. 4 illustrates two embodiments of the rotary injector according to the invention, seen in the axis of symmetry on the side of the part intended to be immersed in the metal liquid.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of the rotary injector according to the invention, seen in longitudinal section, in a section plane passing through the axis of symmetry and corresponding to the section planes B-B in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 illustrates, in longitudinal section, in a section plane passing through the axis of symmetry, two embodiments of the rotary injector of the invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates, in longitudinal section, in a section plane passing through the axis of symmetry, three embodiments of the rotary injector of the invention.
- a liquid metal treatment device typically includes an enclosure (41) provided with metal input means (42) "raw” liquid (ie liquid metal to be treated) (421), outlet means (43) treated metal (431) and at least one rotary dispersing device (30).
- the inlet (42) and outlet (43) means are generally located either at the ends of the device, either on one and the same side.
- a rotary dispersing device (30) comprises a rotary injector (1), means for rotating (31) said injector, a source of treatment (32) and conduits (33) between said source (32) and the injector (1).
- the OR each rotary injector (1) enters said enclosure (41) via a opening (44) which is generally provided with sealing means (45).
- the enclosure treatment tank (41) is generally a tank with one or more compartments (46, 47).
- the rotary injector (1) for injecting gas (2) into a liquid metal (3) said injector comprising a drive shaft (4), stirring means (5), gas transport means (6, 7, 11), emission means (8, 9) of the gas (2), said injector being characterized in that the emission means (8, 9) are, in whole or in part, made of at least one material wettable by metal liquid (3).
- said wettable material is substantially inert to said metal liquid, i.e. it has a lifetime in the liquid metal which is long enough to allow acceptable industrial use.
- a material is considered to be substantially inert to liquid metal when it can be immersed in the liquid metal for a period of around 10 hours or more without significant alteration of the injector properties rotary and without unacceptable pollution of the treated metal.
- Ceramics fill generally this condition, especially ceramics based on oxides, carbides. nitrides, borides and mixtures thereof. Certain refractory metals also meet this condition. such as tungsten.
- the transmission means (8, 9) and / or the stirring means (5) and / or said shaft drive (4) and / or said insert (90) comprises a coating of material wettable on all or part of their surface exposed to liquid metal.
- Said material porous can also be made wettable by liquid metal using a coating of wettable material, i.e. it may comprise a coating made of wettable material.
- a material is considered to be wettable when the wetting angle made by the liquid metal in contact with it is less than 90 ° (see figure 2).
- the wetting angle (21) between the tangent T to the bubble (20) at its point of contact with the emission means (9) and the external surface S of the emission means is less than 90 °.
- the metal which then wets the material well near the emission orifice (8), counteracts the spreading of the bubble (20) and at the limit the diameter.
- the wetting angle (21) is greater than 90 °. In this case, the metal, which has difficulty wetting the emission means, allows the bubble to spread.
- the wettable material of the diffuser can be chosen from certain refractory metals which are substantially inert with respect to said liquid metals, molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W ), vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr). iron (Fe), steels, ..., or their alloys, or among ceramics such as titanium diboride (TiB 2 ), nitrides (especially aluminum nitrides (such as AIN)), carbides ( in particular aluminum carbides (such as Al 4 C 3 ) and titanium carbides (such as TiC 1-x )), ....
- the transmission and mixing means which constitute the so-called “active” part of the injector, are generally located at the so-called “lower” end of the injector, that is to say the end of the injector intended to be immersed in the liquid metal.
- the injector is normally intended to be used in vertical position, with said lower part placed down.
- the active part normally includes at least a lower surface (120, 121, 122), at least one upper surface (130, 131) and lateral surfaces (140, 141, 142).
- the routing means (6, 7, 11) comprise typically a main channel (6) in the injector shaft (4) and at least one channel secondary (7) for channeling the treatment gas to the emission means (8, 9).
- the main channel (6) is typically in the axis of symmetry of said shaft.
- said transmission means comprise at least one emission orifice (8) of said gas (2).
- the diameter of the orifice (8) influences the diameter of the bubble to be obtained.
- the diameter of each orifice (8) is preferably as small as possible. In practice, the diameter is preferably between 0.5 and 5 mm, and more preferably between 1 and 3 mm, which allows you to properly control the size of the orifices when they are manufacturing.
- said transmission means comprise a porous material wettable by said liquid metal (3), and preferably also substantially inert to said liquid metal (3), for which the diameter of the pores open openings on the surface of said porous material is preferably less than 0.5 mm.
- the rotary injector (1) can also include an intermediate cavity (11), typically between the channel main (6) and secondary channels (7), which acts as a buffer volume, and / or a means for introducing a local pressure drop just upstream of the orifice emission, such as a porous material.
- the intermediate cavity (11) typically has a cylindrical shape and the secondary channels (7) extend radially therefrom towards the transmission means (8, 9).
- the emission orifices (8) are preferably located near the blades (5) of the injector, typically between them ( Figures 3a and 3b) or at the end thereof ( Figure 3c and 3d). Emission ports may be provided at the end of the injector; for example, an orifice can be provided in the central part of said lower surface (120) of the injector.
- the number of emission ports (8) can be different from the number of blades (5). It is also possible to provide orifices superimposed emission. In practice, there is provided an emission orifice for each blade.
- the emission orifices (8) preferably emerge on said lateral surfaces (140, 141, 142), for example on the external lateral surface (141) of one of the blades (5) or on the lateral surface (140) between the blades.
- the position of the emission ports is preferably such as to obtain maximum shear of the bubbles during of their training.
- emission ports When emission ports are located between blades, they preferably locate halfway up the corresponding lateral surface (140); when emission ports are located on blades, they may be in the upper half of the corresponding external lateral surface (141) (i.e. in the part of said surface closest to the tree (4)).
- Emission ports typically emerge with an angle to the lateral surface which is equal to about 90 °; this angle can, in some cases, be different from 90 °, in which case the axis secondary channels (7) can also form an angle with respect to the axis of the main channel which is different from 90 °.
- the stirring means (5) can also consist, in whole or in part, of less a material wettable by said liquid metal (3), and preferably also substantially inert to said liquid metal (3), which material may be different from that used for the transmission means (8, 9).
- the brewing means include typically blades (5). These blades are normally simple in shape, such as a plate shape.
- the stirring means can also include a means of additional dispersion, such as a disc (12) located above the blades, typically in contact with them (as illustrated in FIGS. 3a, 3c and 4a).
- the drive shaft (4) can advantageously be made, in whole or in part, at least one material wettable by said liquid metal, and preferably substantially inert to said liquid metal, which material may be different from that used for the transmission means (8, 9).
- the part of said shaft intended to be immersed in the liquid metal is constituted, at least on the surface of said wettable material.
- the rotary injector (1) may consist of several separate parts (4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 90), such as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7.
- the parts can be made of materials different.
- the rotary injector may advantageously include an insert (90) comprising said emission means (8, 9) and made of said material wettable, which makes it easy to change depending on the metal to be treated or accidental breakage.
- the part of the injector intended to be immersed in the metal liquid can be made in one piece.
- the injector includes the parts following: a drive shaft (4), a disc (12), blades (5), a core central (13) and an assembly body (14).
- the central core includes a cavity intermediate (11), routing channels (7) and transmission ports (8).
- the injector comprises the parts following: a drive shaft (4), blades (5) and an assembly body (14).
- the blades include routing channels (7), emission ports (8) and an intermediate cavity (11), said cavity being generally common to all blades and enclosed in a central core (13) (not illustrated).
- the assembly body (14) comprises at least one central channel (60) and connecting means (15a, 16a, 17a), typically a thread, which cooperate with complementary connection means (15b, 16b, 17b) of the other parts (4, 12, 13).
- connecting means typically a thread
- complementary connection means typically 15b, 16b, 17b of the other parts (4, 12, 13).
- the central core (13) and / or the blades (5) are provided with removable inserts (90).
- the transmission means (8, 9) are in one wettable material.
- the Applicant's tests have shown that it is particularly advantageous that the parts of the injector which are immersed in the liquid metal during processing are all made of wettable material. The same material can be used for all these parts. Indeed, it has been noticed that in in this case, the bubbles emitted by the orifices (8) which are attracted in the blades and along of the rotor shaft by a hydrodynamic effect do not remain trapped and have not tend to merge to form large bubbles, as is the case with non-wettable materials.
- the injector consists of several parts, the parts of the injector which are immersed in the liquid metal during the treatment are preferably all made of a wettable material. The same material can be used for all these parts.
- the injector can be provided with a ring (10) to allow coupling with means for rotating (31).
- the axis of rotation of the rotary injector (1) is located in the axis of symmetry of the shaft drive (4).
- the rotary injector (1) of the invention can be used for the treatment of a metal liquid circulating in an enclosure, as illustrated in FIG. 1, which is typically a treatment bag, or in a liquid metal circulation chute (not shown). It can also be used for batch processing, for example in an oven. In other words, a processing bag, lathe or chute can be equipped with a rotary injector according to the invention for the treatment of a metal liquid continuously or in batches (batch processing).
- Tests were carried out in a small experimental tank.
- the size of bubbles formed was observed and determined using an X-ray camera.
- method consists in irradiating the liquid metal bath (3) in which the bubbles (20) are emitted using X-rays, to visualize the said bubbles after recovery of the image by a camera and to measure them after calibration of the acquisition chain.
- the Applicant has also observed that, with the injectors according to the invention, the bubbles had an average diameter of around 6 mm and less than 0.5% of the gas injected (detection limit) was not dispersed in the liquid metal.
- the Applicant has further noted that, unlike the prior art, the bubbles emitted from the holes at the ends of the blades do not tend to form gas pockets between the blades. The bubbles therefore preserve their small size, which results in greater treatment efficiency than the prior art.
- the injector according to the invention avoids the formation gas pockets under the injector that could cause instability.
- the rotary injector according to the invention has the advantage of allowing a reduction significant of the rotational speed required to obtain small bubbles by shearing effect.
- the speed of rotation can be between 100 and 350 rpm, which further limits the surface agitation of the liquid metal and reduce wear on parts.
- the rotary injector according to the invention also has the advantage of presenting treatment performance which is less sensitive to possible wear of the blades the injector.
- the size of the gas bubbles is very large. part determined by the emission orifices, and only a small part by the rotational movement of the blades, which then have mainly functions to disperse the bubbles in the largest possible volume of bath and to stir it with a view, in particular, to homogenizing the treatment. Consequently, the wear of the blades over time does not cause crippling degradation of the performance of processing of the injector of the invention.
- the orifice of the injector emission means according to the invention can be small enough to prevent penetration of liquid metal.
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- Injecteur rotatif (1) pour injecter du gaz (2) dans un métal liquide (3) comprenant un arbre d'entraínement (4), des moyens de brassage (5), des moyens d'acheminement (6, 7, 11) dudit gaz (2) et des moyens d'émission (8, 9) du gaz (2), et caractérisé en ce que les moyens d'émission (8, 9) sont, en tout ou partie, constitués d'au moins un matériau mouillable par ledit métal liquide (3).
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit matériau mouillable est également substantiellement inerte audit métal liquide (3).
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit matériau est rendu mouillable à l'aide d'un revêtement en matériau mouillable par le métal liquide.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'émission comportent au moins un orifice d'émission (8) dudit gaz (2).
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre dudit, ou de chaque, orifice (8) se situe de préférence entre 0,5 et 5 mm.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'émission comprennent un matériau poreux mouillable par ledit métal liquide (3) ou un matériau poreux rendu mouillable à l'aide d'un revêtement en matériau mouillable par le métal liquide.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre des pores ouverts émergeants à la surface dudit matériau poreux est inférieur à 0,5 mm.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un insert (90) comprenant lesdits moyens d'émission (8, 9) et constitué dudit matériau mouillable ou d'un matériau rendu mouillable à l'aide d'un revêtement en matériau mouillable par le métal liquide.
- Injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de brassage (5) sont aussi constitués, en tout ou partie, d'au moins un matériau mouillable par ledit métal liquide ou d'un matériau rendu mouillable à l'aide d'un revêtement en matériau mouillable par le métal liquide.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit arbre d'entraínement (4) est aussi constitué, en tout ou partie, d'au moins un matériau mouillable par ledit métal liquide ou d'un matériau rendu mouillable à l'aide d'un revêtement en matériau mouillable par le métal liquide.
- Injecteur rotatif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le ou chaque matériau mouillable est choisi dans le groupe comprenant le molybdène, le tungstène, le vanadium, le titane, le chrome, le fer, les aciers ou leurs alliages, et le diborure de titane, les nitrures d'aluminium, les carbures d'aluminium et les carbures de titane.
- Dispositif de dispersion rotatif (30) caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11.
- Dispositif de traitement d'un métal liquide (40) caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 ou au moins un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12.
- Poche de dégazage d'un métal liquide comprenant au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 ou au moins un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12.
- Four comprenant au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 ou au moins un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12.
- Goulotte munie d'au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 ou au moins un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12.
- Utilisation d'un l'injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, d'un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12, d'un dispositif de traitement selon la revendication 13, d'une poche de dégazage selon la revendication 14, d'un four selon la revendication 15 ou d'une goulotte selon la revendication 16 pour le traitement d'un métal à l'état liquide.
- Utilisation selon la revendication 17, caractérisée en ce que ledit métal est choisi parmi l'aluminium, les alliages d'aluminium, le magnésium et les alliages de magnésium.
- Procédé de traitement d'un métal à l'état liquide, caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise au moins un injecteur rotatif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, au moins un dispositif de dispersion rotatif selon la revendication 12, au moins dispositif de dégazage selon la revendication 13, au moins une poche de dégazage selon la revendication 14, au moins un four selon la revendication 15 ou au moins une goulotte selon la revendication 16.
- Procédé de traitement selon la revendication 19, caractérisé en ce que ledit métal est choisi parmi l'aluminium, les alliages d'aluminium, le magnésium et les alliages de magnésium.
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