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EP1678333B1
EP1678333B1 EP05730742A EP05730742A EP1678333B1 EP 1678333 B1 EP1678333 B1 EP 1678333B1 EP 05730742 A EP05730742 A EP 05730742A EP 05730742 A EP05730742 A EP 05730742A EP 1678333 B1 EP1678333 B1 EP 1678333B1
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Oliver Zach
Michael Klikovich
Michael Berger
Christian Rahm
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
    • C21C5/28—Manufacture of steel in the converter
    • C21C5/42—Constructional features of converters
    • C21C5/46—Details or accessories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/50—Pouring-nozzles
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
    • C21C5/28—Manufacture of steel in the converter
    • C21C5/42—Constructional features of converters
    • C21C5/46—Details or accessories
    • C21C5/4653—Tapholes; Opening or plugging thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B1/00—Shaft or like vertical or substantially vertical furnaces
    • F27B1/10—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to furnaces of these types
    • F27B1/21—Arrangements of devices for discharging
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B3/00—Hearth-type furnaces, e.g. of reverberatory type; Tank furnaces
    • F27B3/10—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to hearth-type furnaces
    • F27B3/18—Arrangements of devices for charging
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D3/00—Charging; Discharging; Manipulation of charge
    • F27D3/15—Tapping equipment; Equipment for removing or retaining slag
    • F27D3/1509—Tapping equipment
    • F27D3/1518—Tapholes

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  • the invention relates to a tapping tube for a metallurgical melting vessel.
  • a metallurgical melting vessel is understood to mean an aggregate in which a metallurgical melt is produced, treated and / or transported, for example a converter or an electric arc furnace.
  • a molten metal in the melting vessel is passed along the tapping tube in a downstream unit.
  • the steel is fed from the converter via a ladle to a downstream continuous casting plant.
  • the molten metal should be transported as possible without contamination. For example, contact with the ambient atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen) should be avoided, as should slagging.
  • a converter tap which - composed of several refractory blocks or slices - in the axial direction.
  • the inlet-side block should have a funnel-shaped passage and at the outlet end, the passage of the tapping pipe should have the smallest diameter.
  • Tapping tubes of this type have been on the market for 20 years and have proven themselves.
  • tapping pipes whose geometry at the outlet end of the specifications of DE 42 08 520 C2 equivalent.
  • the calculation of the outlet cross-section is based on a flow profile of the corresponding melt, namely assuming an average value for the height of the melt above the tapping tube.
  • the height of the molten metal (bath height) during tapping is often almost constant, because the converter is tilted (fed) with increasing tapping time.
  • the bath height inevitably decreases.
  • this increases the danger that slag will be conducted with the molten metal into the tapping pipe and through it. It can also lead to the formation of turbulence and the formation of a negative pressure in the tapping pipe. At the same time, this increases the risk of reoxidation and nitridation.
  • the invention has for its object to optimize a tap tube of the type mentioned in that it ensures the desired ("steady") mass flow during the entire tapping time and slag is prevented from being carried.
  • “Steady” means that the mass flow in the tapping pipe of the tapping pipe does not tear off until the end of the tapping time. Likewise, the intake of oxygen or nitrogen should be avoided as far as possible.
  • the design of the tapping pipe should be such that, regardless of its wear (within technically acceptable limits), a largely uniform mass flow can be transported along the tapping pipe.
  • a decisive aspect for the flow rate and the resulting flow profile is the respective bath height (height of the melt above the outlet end of the tapping tube).
  • the required radius of a circular cross-section of the tapping pipe passage is plotted against distance from the outlet end, where "0" defines the outlet end of the tapping pipe, 1.35 meters is the total length of the (new) tapping pipe and maximum bath height of 2.70 meters is assumed (calculated from the end of the expiry).
  • the effective maximum height of the molten bath above the tapping inlet is therefore: 1.35 meters.
  • the remaining curves show the theoretically minimum radius of the tapping channel at different distances from the outlet end for different bath heights, assuming the same cross section (radius 65 mm) at the outlet end.
  • a radius of 80 millimeters is sufficient for the cross section of the passage channel to completely fill a circular cross section of the tapping pipe at the outlet end with a radius of 65 mm with the melt jet.
  • the same cross section of the tap tube results at the outlet end for the necessary radius of the cross section of the passage channel in the inlet region of the tapping pipe a value of about 110mm.
  • the invention leads to completely different geometries of the passage channel of a tapping tube.
  • Fig. 2 shows as a curve (1) again at a bath height of 1600 mm and a radius of the outlet cross section of 65 mm required profile of the outlet channel in longitudinal section (theoretically at least necessary radius).
  • Curve (2) shows the flow conditions in a tapping tube according to the prior art (radius of the inlet cross section: 80 mm).
  • the avoidance of turbulence and maintenance of a compact jet in the tapping channel solves the invention by such a design of the tapping channel that during the tapping time, so even at low bath heights (effective height of the bath level above the inlet end of the tapping tube: ⁇ 20% of the maximum height) , the entire tapping channel is completely filled with melt.
  • the invention in its most general embodiment comprises the use of a tapping tube for a metallurgical melting vessel according to claim 1.
  • h 1 should be less than or equal to 0.2 times the maximum height (h max ) of a melt in the melting vessel in the axial extension of the tapping pipe.
  • the variable factor (h 1 / h max ) takes into account the different flow behavior, especially at low bath height.
  • the factor " ⁇ 0.2" indicates that a condition is detected in which the effective height of the melt level above the inlet end of the tapping tube is at least 80% less than the effective height of the melt level at the maximum bath height.
  • h k represents the existing length of the tapping pipe between the inlet end and the outlet end. While the outlet end of the tapping pipe is necessarily its lower free end and remains unchanged over time, the position of the inlet end changes with the duration of use of the tapping pipe. This is due to wear of the refractory material at the inlet end. By definition, the inlet end corresponds to the level of the adjacent refractory material of a refractory lining of the metallurgical melting vessel. As the erosion increases, the length of the tapping tube shortens accordingly.
  • the diameter "d" at the outlet end was set at 0.13 meters to ensure a desired flow rate "X".
  • the factor (h 1 / h max ) is assumed to be> 0.05 (h max is the maximum height of the melt in the melting vessel above the inlet region of the tapping tube in the axial extension of the tapping tube). According to another embodiment, the value is between> 0.1 and / or ⁇ 0.2.
  • the dimensioning of the tapping pipe in the inlet part is particularly important.
  • the conditions at low effective heights of the bath level are decisive.
  • the cross-sectional geometry at the outlet end is mainly determined by the setpoint of the flow rate (mass flow at maximum bath height).
  • the cross-sectional calculation for the passageway refers to values "y"> 50% of the total length of the tapping tube. According to another embodiment, these values are increased to ranges> 70%. This means that substantially the inlet-side half or the inlet-side third of the total length of the tube should be designed specifically for the specific invention.
  • this section can be formed continuously conically tapered; but the necessary taper in the direction of the outlet end can also be done stepwise if necessary.
  • FIGS. 3-5 also show technically adapted step-shaped wall profiles with which the desired effects can likewise be realized and which are technically easier to produce.
  • the lower outlet side half of the tapping tube, the taper of the follow (upper) inlet-side part but it is also possible to form this part with less conicity (slope), up to a cylindrical shape of the passage channel. This is especially true for the last 10 to 20% of the length of the tapping tube on the outlet side.
  • the slope S in this case describes the change of the radius r (y) of a circular cross-section of the tapping channel as a function of the distance y from the outlet end of the tapping.
  • the value may be >> 0.25, for example 1, 5, 10, 30, 50, 70 or 100. If the course of the wall of the tapping channel is completely or partially step-shaped or existing accordingly Production plants approximated so "slope" means the slope of the straight in the longitudinal section between the edges successive stages connectable straight line.
  • the dimensioning according to the invention of a tapping pipe also takes into account the change in length of the tapping pipe depending on the state of wear of the adjacent lining in that the respective values for the, A, bstichlength and height of the overlying melt are included in the calculation.
  • the inventive design of the tapping tube makes it possible to operate the tapping even at low bath heights with reduced turbulence and continuous melt flow and thus significantly reduce the entrainment of slag.
  • by reducing the temperature losses and the reduced wear further economic benefits such as energy savings and extended life of tapping.

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  • Waste-Gas Treatment And Other Accessory Devices For Furnaces (AREA)
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  • Casting Support Devices, Ladles, And Melt Control Thereby (AREA)
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TW (1) TWI294464B (pt)
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PT1678333E (pt) 2007-08-14
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EA008914B1 (ru) 2007-08-31
ATE365231T1 (de) 2007-07-15
WO2005118889A3 (de) 2006-04-06
MXPA06013067A (es) 2007-02-14
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