JP2010024499A - Converter operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the occurrence of spitting during refining, when oxygen gas is top-blown via a top-blowing lance and molten iron is subjected to oxidizing refining. <P>SOLUTION: In a converter operation method, the top-blowing lance 8 provided with three or more gas-jetting nozzles 9 in the circumferential direction of its tip part is used. Each of the gas jetting nozzles 9 has a throat part and a widened part toward the end at downstream side of the throat part, and at least one control gas-supplying hole 10 on the wall surface of the widening part toward the end, jets oxygen gas for blowing through the throat part and the widening part toward the end, and besides, supplies the control gas capable of controlling a flow rate independently of the oxygen gas for blowing through the control gas-supplying hole, and accordingly, can control the jet-blowing direction of the oxygen gas for blowing, jetted through the throat part and the widened part toward the end. The molten iron in a converter is blown while periodically changing the ratio of the supply flow-rate of the control gas to the sum of the supply flow-rate of the oxygen gas for blowing and the supply flow-rate of the control gas during blowing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a converter operating method in which oxygen gas is blown from an upper blowing lance to hot metal in a converter and oxidative refining is performed on the hot metal, and more specifically, generation of dust that diffuses outside the furnace during refining and The present invention relates to an operation method for suppressing the adhesion of bullion to the furnace mouth and side wall of a converter and performing stable converter refining.

  In the top blowing converter or the top bottom blowing converter, refining is carried out by blowing high-speed oxygen gas from the top blowing lance onto the hot metal surface. A recess (referred to as a “cavity”) due to the pressure of the oxygen gas is formed at a portion of the hot metal surface to which the oxygen gas is sprayed. This cavity is also called "fire point". In addition, the phenomenon that so-called spitting occurs, that is, spattering of the molten iron and molten slag droplets from the surface of the molten iron due to the high-speed jet of oxygen gas, a part of the scattered molten iron and slag is Or adheres to the inner wall of the furnace as bare metal, and part of it departs from the furnace as dust.

  Adhered bullion grows as it continues to operate, and when its size exceeds a certain limit, it not only hinders the introduction of hot metal and scrap into the furnace, but the bullion is bathed in the bath during blowing. Dropping into the melt or flowing down causes fluctuations in the composition and temperature of the bath, causing a significant hindrance to the operation. There is also a risk of damaging the refractory underneath the attached bullion if it is not properly removed. Dust is recovered and reused as an iron source. However, since it is oxidized in the recovery process, a reductant is required again, which is not efficient and requires a cost for recovering the dust.

  Therefore, improvements to reduce the occurrence of spitting have been made energetically with respect to the top blowing lance. As a specific method for improving the upper lance, contents such as making the gas injection nozzle porous, increasing the diameter of the gas injection nozzle, and increasing the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle are typical. As one of the techniques for expanding the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzles, in Patent Document 1, two types of gas injection nozzles having different inclination angles are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction, and injection is performed from these nozzles. A technique for reducing spitting by setting the geometric overlap area ratio of the bath surface cavity formed by the gas jet to be 30% or less is disclosed.

  However, these improvement methods have limitations. That is, the number of nozzle holes of the upper blowing lance that is generally used at present is about 4 to 8 holes, and even if the number of holes is increased more than this, no further spitting suppression effect can be expected. It is said. This is because, as the number of holes increases, the interval between adjacent nozzle holes becomes narrower, so that the oxygen gas jets ejected from each nozzle hole gather and merge before reaching the bath surface, as if from one nozzle hole. By showing the behavior like an ejected jet.

  Another problem with increasing the nozzle hole diameter is that if the nozzle hole is enlarged to the extent that spitting is clearly reduced, the oxygen gas jet becomes too weak (referred to as “soft blow”) and the decarburization reaction efficiency decreases. Is produced.

Further, the enlargement of the nozzle tilt angle is naturally limited because it is necessary to appropriately set the distance from the tip of the lance to the hot metal bath surface (hereinafter also referred to as “lance height”) during operation. For example, in an operation using an upper blow lance with a large nozzle tilt angle, there is no problem if the lance height is small. However, if the lance height is large, the oxygen gas jet and the furnace wall refractory will be close to each other. There is a risk of increasing the wear of the furnace wall refractory. The technique of Patent Document 1 described above was developed to solve these problems. However, particularly when an attempt was made to shorten the blowing time by increasing the oxygen gas supply amount, the occurrence of spitting, that is, It has not yet been achieved to suppress gold adhesion and dust generation.
JP-A-6-57320

  As mentioned above, with the conventional technology, it is difficult to completely prevent the occurrence of spitting by improving the top blowing lance and the operation method, which necessitates metal adhesion and dust generation, and further technical development is eagerly desired. It had been.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. The object of the present invention is to perform oxygen refining of hot metal by blowing oxygen gas over the hot metal in the converter through an upper blowing lance. This prevents the occurrence of spitting in the interior, thereby reducing troubles caused by dust diffusing out of the furnace, metal deposits on the converter furnace mouth, etc., and a decrease in productivity due to measures to prevent this. An object of the present invention is to provide a converter operating method that avoids the deterioration of metallurgical characteristics and does not damage the furnace refractory.

  A converter operating method according to the present invention for solving the above-described problems has a throat portion and a divergent portion downstream of the throat portion, and at least one control gas is supplied to the wall surface of the divergent portion. A blow hole oxygen gas is injected through the throat portion and the divergent portion, and the flow rate can be controlled independently of the blow oxygen gas through the control gas supply hole. A gas injection nozzle capable of supplying a control gas and thereby controlling the direction of the flow of the blowing oxygen gas injected through the throat portion and the divergent portion, in the circumferential direction of the tip portion A converter operation method using three or more top blowing lances, wherein the ratio of the supply flow rate of the control gas to the sum of the supply flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas and the supply flow rate of the control gas Changes periodically during blowing It is characterized in that blowing the molten iron in the furnace while.

  According to the present invention, the tilting angle of the gas injection nozzle is periodically changed during blowing by the control gas supplied through the control gas supply hole, and the collision position of the top-blown oxygen gas with the molten metal bath is determined. As a result of the change, standing wave vibration is not formed in the molten metal bath in the furnace, thereby reducing the occurrence of spitting, and as a result, to prevent operational troubles caused by adhered metal and dust. It is possible to avoid a decrease in productivity due to the treatment. Moreover, stable operation can be continued without deteriorating the metallurgical characteristics and without damaging the refractories on the furnace opening and the furnace wall, and a significant improvement in productivity can be realized.

  The present invention will be specifically described below. First, the background to the present invention will be described.

  In blowing in a converter, the occurrence of spitting due to an oxygen gas jet from the top blowing lance, and the amount and position of adhesion of the metal to the furnace port and side wall of the converter, the lance height and the inclination of the gas injection nozzle It is known that the angle has a great influence. At the same time, it is known that the lance height and the inclination angle of the injection nozzle have a great influence not only on the metallurgical characteristics represented by the decarburization reaction efficiency but also on the wear state of the refractory in the furnace. Accordingly, the lance height and the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle are determined empirically in consideration of the above-mentioned influences comprehensively.

  In general, when the oxygen gas flow rate is constant, increasing the lance height or the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle increases the attenuation of the flow velocity until reaching the bath surface of the oxygen gas jet. As a result of soft blow conditions, the occurrence of spitting is reduced. Further, even if the lance height or the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle is kept constant, if the oxygen gas flow rate is reduced, the soft blow condition is established and the spitting is reduced. However, from the viewpoint of metallurgical characteristics, the amount of oxygen consumed for iron oxidation increases relative to the decarburization reaction under soft blow conditions. During blowing, an operation to change the oxygen gas supply amount according to the carbon concentration of the hot metal is generally performed, and an operation to change the lance height is performed in accordance with the change of the oxygen gas supply amount. . Specifically, the lance height is increased at the initial stage of blowing with a large oxygen gas supply amount, and iron oxidation is suppressed to the extent that the hatching of the added slagging agent is promoted. On the other hand, at the end of blowing, when the oxygen gas supply rate decreases, the decarburization reaction rate becomes the mass transfer rate control of the carbon in the molten metal, aiming to enhance the stirring of the bath and promote the decarburization reaction, It is common to reduce the lance height.

  For example, in order to reduce the occurrence of spitting, an operation in which the lance height is changed in accordance with the timing of blowing as described above using an upper blowing lance with a large inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle is considered. Since the lance height is increased in the early stage of blowing, there is a possibility of excessive soft blow. As a result, the hatching of the slagging agent proceeds too much, causing slopping, and refractory in the furnace. It may cause wear. In addition, slopping is a phenomenon in which slag in the converter foams (referred to as “forming”) and overflows from the converter furnace opening during operation.

  On the other hand, conversely to the above, when considering an operation in which the lance height is changed according to the timing of blowing as described above using the upper blowing lance with the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle being reduced, the lance height is particularly high. At the end of the blowing process, the amount of spitting increases, and the cavity area formed by the collision of oxygen gas, that is, the reaction area is reduced, reducing the lance height. There is a case where the decarburization reaction efficiency is not improved despite the fact that it is reduced and blown.

  Thus, in order to reduce the occurrence of spitting and at the same time satisfy the factors such as improvement of metallurgical properties and prevention of refractory wear, it is necessary to perform conflicting operations, and technological development from the conventional viewpoint There was a limit to dealing with it alone.

  As a result of intensive studies on the cause of spitting in converter blowing, the present inventors have obtained the following knowledge regarding the mechanism of spitting. That is, the main generation mechanism of spitting that has been conventionally considered is that, when oxygen gas blown from the top blowing lance collides and reverses on the surface of the molten bath, a shear flow is formed on the surface of the molten bath. In addition to this, a part of the molten metal is cut off by the flow, and droplets are generated. In addition to this, “Standing waves in the molten metal bath by blowing oxygen gas from the top blowing lance to the molten metal. It has been found that the mechanism that a mechanical vibration occurs, a part of the molten metal is separated from the waves generated by the vibration, and droplets are generated is one of the major factors. In the decarburization and refining of hot metal in a converter, the hot metal is decarburized and becomes molten steel by the progress of blowing, but spitting is a phenomenon that occurs in both hot metal and molten steel. Are collectively referred to as molten metal.

  Therefore, it is expected that the occurrence of spitting can be greatly reduced if it is possible to provide an up-blowing condition that suppresses the occurrence of this standing wave vibration.

  By the way, the present inventors have disclosed a method of substantially changing the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle by applying a fluid element in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-77489. That is, in a so-called Laval nozzle type gas injection nozzle having a throat portion at the inlet portion and a divergent portion downstream of the throat portion, a control gas supply hole is arranged on the wall surface of the divergent portion, and this control This is a technique for freely changing the jet direction of the jet jetted from the gas jet nozzle by changing the flow rate of the control gas supplied to the gas supply hole.

  The inventors of the present invention use the gas injection nozzle of this configuration and adjust the flow rate of the control gas during blowing to substantially change the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle, that is, the top blowing oxygen gas It is possible to change the collision position of the jet against the molten bath surface, and by setting the change period of this collision position so as to eliminate the standing wave vibration of the molten bath, the occurrence of spitting can be prevented. The knowledge that the reduced operation becomes feasible was obtained.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-described knowledge, and a control gas supply hole is arranged at the end spreading portion of a gas injection nozzle of a Laval nozzle type, and the control gas supplied from the control gas supply hole is periodically changed. Therefore, during blowing, the direction of the oxygen gas jet ejected from the gas injection nozzle is periodically changed to suppress the occurrence of standing wave vibration in the molten bath, thus reducing the occurrence of spitting. It is characterized by making it.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example of a converter facility used for carrying out the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, an upper blow lance 8 can be inserted into the converter main body 2 through the furnace port 5 with respect to the converter main body 2 whose outer shell is the iron shell 3 and whose inner side is the refractory 4. It is configured. The top blowing lance 8 is an apparatus for supplying oxygen gas for blowing from the lower end portion thereof. Further, the converter main body 2 is provided with a hot water outlet 6 at the upper part of the side wall and a plurality of bottom blowing tuyere 7 at the bottom. The tap 6 is a discharge hole for pouring molten steel obtained by oxygen blowing or hot metal that has been dephosphorized, and the bottom blow tuyere 7 is a stirring gas such as Ar gas or nitrogen gas. It is a device for blowing in. In this way, the converter equipment 1 is configured. In the figure, reference numeral 12 is a slag, 13 is a furnace-portion ingot, and 14 is a side-wall ingot.

  The top blowing lance 8 for blowing used in the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the upper blowing lance 8 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper blowing lance 8 is composed of a cylindrical lance body 8a and a lance tip 8b connected to the lower end of the lance body 8a by welding or the like. Consists of four types of concentric steel pipes consisting of a pipe 18, a partition pipe 17, an inner pipe 16, and an innermost pipe 15, that is, a quadruple pipe. The tip of the copper lance tip 8b faces a vertically diagonally downward direction. A plurality of gas injection nozzles 9 are installed. The center line of each blowing oxygen gas injection nozzle 9 is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the vertical direction, and the angle θ with respect to the vertical direction is referred to as the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9.

  An enlarged view of the gas injection nozzle 9 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the gas injection nozzle 9 is a so-called Laval nozzle type nozzle composed of two cones whose section is reduced and enlarged, and the reduced part includes a throttle part 19 and an enlarged part. Is the part that transitions from the narrowed part 21 and the narrowed part 19 to the widest part 21, and the narrowest part is called a throat 20. The oxygen gas that has passed through the inside of the lance main body 8 a is jetted from the tip of the gas jet nozzle 9 through the throttle portion 19, the throat 20, and the divergent portion 21 in order. The injected gas becomes a subsonic to supersonic jet depending on its flow rate. In FIG. 3, Dt is the throat diameter, De is the outlet diameter, and the spread angle θo of the divergent portion 21 is usually 10 degrees or less.

  In the gas injection nozzle 9 having the Laval nozzle shape shown in FIG. 3, the constricted portion 19 and the divergent portion 21 are conical, but the constricted portion 19 and the divergent portion 21 do not need to be conical as a Laval nozzle, and the inner diameter is not limited. The throttle part 19 may be a straight cylindrical shape having the same inner diameter as that of the throat 20. When the throttle portion 19 and the divergent portion 21 are configured by curved surfaces whose inner diameter changes in a curved manner, an ideal flow velocity distribution can be obtained as a Laval nozzle, but it is extremely difficult to process the nozzle. In the case of a straight cylindrical shape, it is slightly dissociated from the ideal flow velocity distribution, but there is no problem for use in converter blowing, and the nozzle processing becomes very easy. In the present invention, all these divergent nozzles are called Laval nozzles.

  The gas injection nozzle 9 having this configuration is provided with at least one control gas supply hole 10 on the wall surface of the divergent portion 21 as shown in FIG. From the control gas supply hole 10, a control gas for controlling the direction and / or flow velocity of the jet injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is injected. The control gas can be any type of gas, whether nitrogen gas, air, or Ar gas, but the control gas is ultimately Since the gas injection nozzle 9 is mixed with the blowing oxygen gas and injected, it is preferable to use oxygen gas because it can be used for refining. Hereinafter, an example in which oxygen gas is used as the control gas will be described.

  The gap between the outer pipe 18 and the partition pipe 17 and the gap between the partition pipe 17 and the inner pipe 16 serve as a cooling water flow path for cooling the upper blowing lance 8. The cooling water supplied from a water supply joint (not shown) provided in the pipe passes through the gap between the partition pipe 17 and the inner pipe 16 to reach the portion of the lance tip 8b, and reverses at the portion of the lance tip 8b to be removed. The water is discharged from a drainage joint (not shown) provided on the upper portion of the upper blowing lance 8 through a gap between the pipe 18 and the partition pipe 17. In this case, the water supply / drainage path may be reversed.

  The gap between the inner pipe 16 and the innermost pipe 15 serves as a supply flow path for oxygen gas to the gas injection nozzle 9, and the gap between the inner pipe 16 and the innermost pipe 15 from the upper end of the upper blowing lance 8. The supplied oxygen gas passes through the gap between the inner pipe 16 and the innermost pipe 15 and is jetted from the gas jet nozzle 9 into the converter main body.

  Further, the inside of the innermost pipe 15 is a supply flow path for the control gas (in this case, oxygen gas) to the control gas supply hole 10, and the inside of the innermost pipe 15 extends from the upper end of the upper blowing lance 8. Oxygen gas (hereinafter referred to as “control oxygen gas”) supplied as a control gas passes through the innermost tube 15 and is injected from the control gas supply hole 10. Thus, the control oxygen gas supply path can be controlled independently of the blowing oxygen gas supply path.

  The control gas supply hole 10 is a device for controlling the direction and / or flow velocity of the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9, and the injection direction from the control gas supply hole 10 is as shown in FIG. When the flow rate of the control oxygen gas is increased with respect to the flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas when the center of the top blowing lance 8 is directed to the outer surface side, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is further increased. The same effect as when the deflection is made to the outer peripheral side of the upper blowing lance 8 and the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9 is increased (close to the horizontal direction) is exhibited. Conversely, when the flow rate of the control oxygen gas is decreased with respect to the flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 becomes difficult to deflect, and the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9 is reduced ( The effect is the same as that of (vertically downward).

  Furthermore, another embodiment of the top blowing lance 8 for blowing used in the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of another embodiment of the top blowing lance used in the present invention, which is different from FIG. Here, in order to distinguish from the upper blowing lance 8 described above, the upper blowing lance for blowing in another embodiment is displayed as “upper blowing lance 8A”. The upper blowing lance 8A is similar to the upper blowing lance 8 and will be described although it may overlap.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the upper blowing lance 8A includes a cylindrical lance body 8c and a lance tip 8d connected to the lower end of the lance body 8c by welding or the like. Consists of four types of concentric steel pipes consisting of a pipe 18, a partition pipe 17a, a partition pipe 17b, and an inner pipe 16, that is, a quadruple pipe. The tip of the copper lance tip 8d faces vertically downward. A plurality of gas injection nozzles 9 are installed. The gas injection nozzle 9 is the Laval nozzle shown in FIG. 3 described above, and the center line of each gas injection nozzle 9 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction in the same manner as the gas injection nozzle 9 shown in FIG. Yes.

  The gas injection nozzle 9 is provided with at least one control gas supply hole 10 on the wall surface of the divergent portion 21. From the control gas supply hole 10, a control gas for controlling the direction and / or flow velocity of the jet injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is injected. As the type of control gas, any type of gas can be used, whether it is nitrogen gas, air, or Ar gas, as in FIG. The control gas is finally mixed with the blowing oxygen gas at the gas injection nozzle 9 and injected, so that it is desirable to use oxygen gas for refining. Hereinafter, an example in which oxygen gas is used as the control gas will be described.

  The gap between the outer pipe 18 and the partition pipe 17a and the gap between the partition pipe 17b and the inner pipe 16 serve as a cooling water flow path for cooling the upper blowing lance 8A, and the upper part of the upper blowing lance 8A. The cooling water supplied from a water supply joint (not shown) provided in the pipe reaches the site of the lance tip 8d through the gap between the partition tube 17b and the inner tube 16, and reverses at the site of the lance tip 8d to be removed. The water is discharged from a drainage joint (not shown) provided on the upper portion of the upper blowing lance 8A through the gap between the pipe 18 and the partition pipe 17a. In this case, the water supply / drainage path may be reversed.

  The inside of the inner pipe 16 serves as a supply flow path for oxygen gas to the gas injection nozzle 9, and oxygen gas supplied from the upper end of the upper blowing lance 8 </ b> A to the inside of the inner pipe 16 passes through the gas injection nozzle 9. It is injected into the converter body. The gap between the partition tube 17a and the partition tube 17b serves as a supply flow path for the control oxygen gas to the control gas supply hole 10, and the partition tube 17a and the partition tube 17b from the upper end of the upper blowing lance 8A. The control oxygen gas supplied to the gap is injected from the control gas supply hole 10. Thus, the control oxygen gas supply path can be controlled independently of the blowing oxygen gas supply path.

  The control gas supply hole 10 is a device for controlling the direction and / or flow velocity of the jet flow ejected from the gas injection nozzle 9, and the injection direction from the control gas supply hole 10 is as shown in FIG. If the flow rate of the control oxygen gas is increased with respect to the flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas when the upper blowing lance 8A is directed from the outer surface side to the center side, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is more The same effect as when the deflection is further made toward the central axis side of the upper blowing lance 8A and the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9 is reduced (closed vertically downward) is exhibited. Conversely, if the flow rate of the control oxygen gas is decreased with respect to the flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 becomes difficult to deflect, and the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9 is increased ( (Similar to the horizontal direction).

  The outline of the operation mode using the above-described two types of the upper blowing lance 8 and the upper blowing lance 8A will be described below.

In the upper blowing lance 8 or the upper blowing lance 8A, a gas injection nozzle 9 having an inclination angle of θ (°) has a diameter of a circle connecting the centers of the gas injection nozzles 9 as D _NPC (mm). It is assumed that three or more pieces are arranged on 8b or the lance tip 8d, and the upper lance 8 or the upper lance 8A is used to blow the hot metal 11 with the lance height being H (mm). Here, the diameter of the circle connecting the center positions of the cavities formed on the bath surface of the hot metal 11 by the jets ejected from the gas injection nozzles 9 is D _CPC (mm), and is supplied from the control gas supply hole 10. Assuming that the jet injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 by the control oxygen gas is deflected from the inclination angle by an angle α (°), the diameter of the circle (D _CPC ) connecting the center positions of the cavities is geometric From the relationship, it is expressed by the following formula (1).
D _CPC = 2 × H × tan (θ + α) + D _NPC (1)
The angle when the flow rate of the control oxygen gas supplied from the control gas supply hole 10 is changed in advance in the upper blow lance 8 or the upper blow lance 8A to be used by an experiment using a model having a similar shape. Let us know how much (α) is. That is, it is necessary to variously change the flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas and the flow rate of the control oxygen gas, investigate the jet direction of the oxygen gas jet at that time, and quantify the influence on the angle (α).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the relationship between “control oxygen gas flow rate / (control oxygen gas flow rate + blowing oxygen gas flow rate)” and the angle (α) obtained by the model experiment. As shown in FIG. 5, since the angle (α) is determined if the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total gas flow rate is determined, the center position of the cavity is determined by the above equation (1) under each blowing condition. Can do.

  Generally, in the latter half or the last stage of the blowing in which the carbon concentration of the molten iron 11 is lowered, a pattern is adopted in which the flow rate of oxygen gas supplied from the top blowing lance is reduced. In the present invention, when oxygen gas is used as the control gas, the sum of the blowing oxygen gas flow rate and the control oxygen gas flow rate (total oxygen flow rate) corresponds to the top blowing oxygen flow rate in general blowing. To do. Also in the present invention, a pattern in which the total oxygen flow rate decreases with the progress of blowing is adopted in the same manner as in general blowing, and the set value of the total oxygen flow rate at each stage of blowing is general. It is the same as the top blown oxygen flow rate in nabuki.

  However, in the present invention, the set value of the total oxygen flow rate is fixed to a value set for each stage of blowing, and the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is within a predetermined range. The flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas and the flow rate of the control oxygen gas are changed at the same time.

  That is, when the upper blowing lance 8 shown in FIG. 2 is used, if the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is increased, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is further increased by the upper blowing lance 8. On the other hand, when the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is decreased, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is deflected toward the center side of the upper blowing lance 8. By periodically repeating this operation, the collision position of the jet with the molten metal bath changes periodically, and as a result, a bath flow pattern that eliminates standing wave vibration of the molten bath is formed. In the case of the top blowing lance 8, the angle (α) in the equation (1) is positive, and the angle (α) increases as the control oxygen gas flow rate increases.

  On the other hand, when the upper blowing lance 8A shown in FIG. 4 is used, if the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is increased, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is further increased by the upper blowing lance 8A. On the other hand, when the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is decreased, the jet flow injected from the gas injection nozzle 9 is deflected toward the outer peripheral side of the upper blowing lance 8A. By periodically repeating this operation, the collision position of the jet with the molten metal bath changes periodically, and as a result, a bath flow pattern that eliminates standing wave vibration of the molten bath is formed. In the case of the upper blow lance 8A, the angle (α) in the equation (1) is negative, and the absolute value of the angle (α) increases as the control oxygen gas flow rate increases.

  The cycle for changing the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen flow rate is set so as to avoid an integral multiple of the natural vibration cycle of the molten metal in the converter or a value of 1 / integer. The value of the natural vibration period of the molten metal in the converter varies depending on the size of the converter, bath depth, bottom blowing conditions, etc., and cannot be set unconditionally, so model experiments, numerical analysis, and further investigation of actual furnace vibration Suppose you want. In addition, the operation of periodically changing the flow rates of the blowing oxygen gas and the control oxygen gas is generally performed by a remote-controlled automatic flow control valve, and the response performance of the flow control valve and fluid is taken into consideration. Then, the range of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz is realistic as the fluctuation cycle of the ratio. However, out of this range, an integer multiple of the natural vibration period of the molten metal in the converter or a value of 1 / integer is avoided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the control gas supplied through the control gas supply hole 10 periodically changes the inclination angle of the gas injection nozzle 9 during blowing, so that the top blown oxygen gas The position of the impingement on the molten metal bath is changed so that no standing wave vibration is formed in the molten metal bath in the furnace, thereby reducing the occurrence of spitting, resulting in adherent metal and dust. Reduced productivity due to operational troubles and measures to prevent this.

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to examples. In the test method, 310 tons of hot metal, 10 tons of scrap, and a predetermined amount of scraping agent were charged into a 300 ton converter, and decarburized and refined using an upper blowing lance shown in FIG. 2 (example of the present invention). The upper blowing lance is provided with a six-hole gas injection nozzle having an inclination angle of 14 ° and a diameter (D _NPC ) of a circle connecting the centers of the gas injection nozzles of 250 mm. The converter equipment used is similar to that shown in FIG.

The total oxygen gas flow rate from the top blowing lance was 45,000 to 60000 Nm ³ / hr, of which 0 to 4% was supplied as control oxygen gas while being periodically changed from the control gas supply hole. In addition, from the model experiment conducted in advance, in the upper blowing lance used this time, when the ratio of the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen gas flow rate is 5% or less, the control oxygen gas flow rate to the total oxygen gas flow rate is less than 5%. It has been confirmed that the angle (α) increases at a rate of + 1 ° per 1% ratio. That is, when the total oxygen gas flow rate is 60000 Nm ³ / hr and the control oxygen gas flow rate is 600 Nm ³ / hr, the angle (α) is + 1 °, and similarly, the total oxygen gas flow rate is 60000 Nm ³ / hr. When the control oxygen gas flow rate is 2400 Nm ³ / hr, the angle (α) is + 4 °. The fluctuation cycle of the control oxygen gas flow rate with respect to the total oxygen flow rate was 0.7 Hz. The lance height was decreased from 2.8 m immediately after the start of blowing to 2.0 m at the end of blowing, as the blowing progressed.

On the other hand, for comparison, a test using a conventional top blowing lance that does not supply control oxygen gas was also performed (comparative example). The upper blowing lance used in the comparative example is an upper blowing lance in which a six-hole gas injection nozzle having an inclination angle of 14 ° and a diameter (D _NPC ) connecting the centers of the gas injection nozzles of 250 mm is installed. Although the control gas supply hole is not provided, the other shapes are the same as those of the top blowing lance used in the example of the present invention. The oxygen gas supply rate and the lance height in the comparative example were the same as in the present invention. The results of the test operation performed in this way are shown in Table 1. In Table 1, a comparative example is displayed as a reference.

  In the case of the comparative example as a reference, in the present invention example, there was no adverse effect on the metallurgical characteristics and the refractory in the furnace, and the spitting was reduced, and the dust generation amount and the furnace-portion ingot were able to be reduced. . In addition, T.Fe in slag is the total value of the iron content of all the iron oxides in slag.

  Thus, by applying the present invention, it is possible to efficiently suppress dust generation and metal adhesion while suppressing damage to the furnace mouth and the inner wall of the furnace refractory without impairing the productivity of the converter. It was confirmed that it was possible.

It is the schematic of an example of the converter equipment used in order to implement this invention. It is an enlarged view of the top blowing lance shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the gas injection nozzle shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of another example of the top blowing lance shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the relationship between control oxygen gas flow rate / (control oxygen gas flow rate + oxygen gas flow rate for blowing) and angle ((alpha)).

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Converter equipment 2 Converter main body 3 Iron skin 4 Refractory material 5 Furnace port 6 Outlet 7 Bottom blowing tuyere 8 Top blowing lance 8A Top blowing lance 9 Gas injection nozzle 10 Control gas supply hole 11 Hot metal 12 Slag 13 Furnace Adhesion metal 14 Side wall adhesion metal 15 Innermost pipe 16 Inner pipe 17 Partition pipe 18 Outer pipe 19 Throttle part 20 Throat 21 End spreading part

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  The throat portion and a divergent portion downstream of the throat portion, and at least one control gas supply hole in the wall surface of the divergent portion, for blowing through the throat portion and the divergent portion Oxygen gas is injected, and on the other hand, a control gas whose flow rate is controllable independently of the blowing oxygen gas is supplied through the control gas supply hole, whereby the throat portion and the end spread portion are In a converter operation method using an upper blowing lance having three or more gas injection nozzles in the circumferential direction at the tip of the gas injection nozzle capable of controlling the direction of the jet of blowing oxygen gas injected through The ratio of the supply flow rate of the control gas to the sum of the supply flow rate of the blowing oxygen gas and the supply flow of the control gas is periodically changed during blowing while blowing hot metal in the furnace. Converter operation characterized by smelting Method.

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