JP2010214434A - Apparatus and method for cooling steel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for cooling a steel plate by which the steel plate is cooled at high cooling rate uniformly and stably when the steel plate, a hot-rolled steel plate, etc. are cooled with the large quantity of water. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a cooling water discharging pipe 5 which makes the cooling water dischargeable from the inside of a nozzle header 2 to the outside and a high-pressure water injection pipe 12 with which the high-pressure water is injected into the cooling water discharging pipe 5 and the discharge of the cooling water to the outside is accelerated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling device and a cooling method for steel materials such as thick steel plates, thin steel plates, and shaped steels, and in particular, quickly injects / stops cooling water, accurately controls cooling temperature, and reduces temperature unevenness after cooling. Is intended.

  In the process of manufacturing steel materials (thick steel plates, thin steel plates, shaped steels, etc.) by hot rolling, in recent years, the steel materials are cooled to adjust the rolling temperature, or the steel materials immediately after rolling are rapidly cooled to Development of techniques for increasing the strength and workability of steel materials by increasing the size and controlling transformation structures such as pearlite, bainite and martensite has been extensive.

  In this regard, for example, when the steel plate immediately after rolling is passed through the cooling device and cooled, the time for the tip and tail ends of the steel plate to enter the cooling device is different. This causes a temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet. That is, the maximum temperature of the steel sheet is in the vicinity of its front end (for example, about 860 ° C.), and the minimum temperature of the steel sheet is in the vicinity of its rear end (for example, about 820 ° C.). In order to obtain a uniform material in the steel sheet, it is important to make the cooling stop temperature uniform in the steel sheet, but for that purpose, during cooling, so as to cancel the temperature difference on the inlet side of the cooling device, It is necessary to control the cooling in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet. Further, when the temperature after cooling is higher or lower than the target temperature, it is necessary to take a measure for correcting this.

  With respect to this problem, a method of changing the cooling capacity by changing the flow rate of the cooling water from the cooling device is usually employed. On the other hand, since a change in the flow rate of the cooling water cannot cope with a large temperature change, a method of adjusting the length of the cooling water injection zone is adopted in, for example, a hot-roll runout table. The cooling water injection zone length is adjusted by injecting / stopping the supply of cooling water from the cooling nozzle.

  For such cooling control, the excellent responsiveness of the cooling device is important, and the time from when the cooling water supply command is issued until the cooling water is actually supplied to the steel sheet (cooling water start delay time) In addition, the time (cooling water stop delay time) from when the cooling water supply stop command is issued until the cooling water supply to the steel plate is actually stopped must be short. In particular, it is most important that the cooling water stop delay time is short.

  However, with a normal nozzle header, particularly with a nozzle header that cools the upper surface side, a problem arises particularly when the cooling water is stopped.

  The nozzle on the upper surface side of the steel plate has a vertically downward nozzle hole and the nozzle on the lower surface side of the steel plate has a vertically upward nozzle hole. However, if the main valve of the cooling water is closed, the upper surface of the steel strip is affected by the influence of gravity. On the side, the water including the water accumulated in the cooling water supply pipe between the main valve and the nozzle comes out of the nozzle, so even if the main valve is closed rapidly, the water does not stop suddenly.

  In contrast, various studies have been made, and for example, the following techniques have been proposed (Patent Documents 1 to 8).

  Patent Document 1 discloses a method of providing a mechanism capable of sealing from a nozzle outlet inside a water tank that supplies cooling water to a slit nozzle to stop the cooling water from being ejected from the nozzle.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a method of opening and closing the gap of the nozzle injection hole with respect to the slit nozzle and opening or closing the gap according to the injection / stop of the cooling water.

  Patent Document 3 avoids unnecessary cooling water from the nozzle outlet by providing a movable frame at the downstream portion of the slit nozzle and providing a shutter capable of shielding the nozzle outlet. A method for improving on-off characteristics is disclosed.

  Patent Document 4 discloses a method of draining water from a nozzle hole at high speed by connecting a high-pressure air pipe to a nozzle header and closing a cooling water source valve at the same time with respect to a slit nozzle. Yes.

  Patent Document 5 relates to a spray nozzle, a spray nozzle is attached to a pipe provided with a U-shaped bent portion from the nozzle header, a high-pressure air introduction pipe is connected to the apex of the bent portion, and the cooling water source valve is closed at the same time. Discloses a method of draining water at high speed by blowing air.

  Patent Document 6 discloses a hairpin laminator in which a small hole is made in a U-shaped portion of a hairpin nozzle, and when the cooling water source is closed, air enters from the small hole and the cooling water is quickly drained from the nozzle. Are disclosed.

  In Patent Document 7, the hairpin laminator is installed at a position where the U-shaped portion of the hairpin nozzle is higher than the piping that supplies the cooling water, and even if the cooling water source valve is closed, it is closer to the water supply piping than the U-shaped portion. A method for preventing water from leaving the nozzle holes is disclosed.

  In Patent Document 8, the header has a double structure of an inner tube and an outer tube, and a gap of 4 mm or less is formed above the header inner tube, where cooling water is held and remains in the gap between the header outer tube and the inner tube. Discloses a method in which only water to be discharged is discharged to the outside through a nozzle.

JP-A-53-30912 JP-A-9-19711 JP-A-55-54210 JP-A-10-192945 JP 2001-79608 A JP 49-129609 A JP 49-129608 A JP 2001-321821 A

  In patent documents 1-8, it is devised according to each nozzle type, and there exists a big effect. However, in recent years, the cooling rate tends to be extremely high from the viewpoint of material control, and a cooling nozzle capable of injecting a large amount of water has been developed to achieve this, and for this cooling nozzle capable of injecting a large amount of water, In many cases, the techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 8 cannot be used.

  For example, as in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, in the method of shutting down the cooling water at the outlet of the slit nozzle or inside the water tank, the slit nozzle itself is a cooling system that can inject a large amount of water, The use damages the seal part that provides cooling water shielding, resulting in an incomplete sealing and inadequate shielding effectiveness. In particular, in a wide slit nozzle having a plate width as long as 5 m, such as a thick steel plate, the shielding mechanism is structurally difficult and not practical.

  In addition, in the method of providing a shutter that can be opened and closed at the exit of the slit nozzle as in Patent Document 3, the effect is certain, but a large space is required to install the shutter. For this reason, when it is necessary to install a plurality of rows of slit nozzles in the longitudinal direction and increase the cooling rate, it is impossible to arrange the nozzles densely from the viewpoint of securing the retracting space of the shutter. There are limits.

  Further, in the methods described in Patent Document 4 and Patent Document 5, when the cooling water is stopped and air is enclosed at the same time, the water in the header is ejected from the nozzle by the air pressure, but the nozzle capable of ejecting a large amount of water The header has a large header capacity in the first place, and it is necessary to replace the inside of the header with a large amount of air. Further, since the water escape port is a nozzle hole, water is ejected from the nozzle while being replaced with air, and the water is stopped with a certain time constant from the cooling water stop command.

  In the methods described in Patent Document 6 and Patent Document 7, only a structure in which a nozzle is attached to a U-shaped pipe such as a hairpin laminator can be employed. On the other hand, the hairpin laminar is not a very compact header because of the attachment of the U-shaped tube, and is not very suitable for high flow rate injection. Like the slit laminator of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, it cannot be densely arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the cooling rate cannot be increased.

  In addition, the method described in Patent Document 8 has been studied especially for a header capable of ejecting a large amount of water, and has high practicality. However, even if the cooling water source valve is closed, water is discharged for the capacity of the header outer pipe, but especially after the cooling water stops, cooling water comes out due to the head difference between the cooling water inlet to the nozzle and the liquid level in the header. . In particular, in the region where the head difference is small, there is a problem because the state in which water leaks from the nozzle hole continues for a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and in the case where a large amount of water is injected by a cooling device having a relatively large facility width for cooling a large amount of water, particularly a steel material such as a thick steel plate and a thin steel plate ( Excellent response when cooling water density is 1500 L / min · m ² or more), especially cooling water stop delay time (cooling water on steel plate after issuing cooling water supply stop command) The time until the supply of water actually stops), avoids unnecessary cooling water from the nozzle outlet, and there is no leakage of cooling water from the nozzle outlet even if it is used for a long time. An object of the present invention is to provide a steel material cooling apparatus and cooling method capable of preventing uneven cooling, that is, a steel material cooling apparatus and cooling method capable of uniformly and stably water-cooling a steel material at a high cooling rate. To do.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following features.

  [1] A nozzle header connected to a cooling water supply source via a cooling water supply pipe, cooling water supply control means provided in the cooling water supply pipe, and a nozzle group attached to the nozzle header. In the steel material cooling apparatus for supplying cooling water to the upper surface of the steel material, a cooling water discharge pipe capable of discharging cooling water from the nozzle header to the outside, and high-pressure water is poured into the cooling water discharge pipe to cool the cooling water. A steel cooling device comprising a high-pressure water injection pipe that promotes discharge to the outside.

  [2] The steel material cooling device according to [1], wherein the heights of the cooling water inlets of the nozzles are all at the same height with respect to a horizontal plane.

  [3] In the steel material cooling method by the steel material cooling device according to [1] or [2], when the supply of the cooling water to the steel material upper surface is stopped, the cooling water supply control means supplies the nozzle header. The cooling method of the steel sheet characterized by stopping the supply of the cooling water and simultaneously opening the on-off valves respectively attached to the cooling water drain pipe and the high pressure water injection pipe.

  By using the present invention, the cooling water stop delay time can be made extremely short, unnecessary cooling water pouring from the nozzle outlet can be avoided, and the controllability of cooling of the steel material can be greatly improved. As a result, it is possible to uniformly and stably water-cool steel materials at a high cooling rate, prevent the occurrence of material defects due to temperature unevenness in the longitudinal direction of the steel materials, reduce the material deviation, and high quality Steel can be manufactured.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing (front view) of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic explanatory drawing (side view) of one Embodiment of this invention. It is another schematic explanatory drawing (side view) of one Embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, although it describes here about a steel plate, it can apply similarly to other steel materials, such as a shape steel.

  1 and 2 are schematic explanatory views showing a steel sheet cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a view (front view) seen from the longitudinal direction (conveying direction) of the steel sheet (not shown). 2 is a view (side view) seen from the width direction of a steel plate (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the steel sheet cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention is configured to inject cooling water onto the upper surface of the steel sheet, and a cooling water supply source 1 through a cooling water supply pipe 1. And the nozzle header 2 connected to each other, the cooling water supply control means 6 provided in the cooling water supply pipe 1, and the nozzle (nozzle group) 4 attached to the nozzle header 2.

  The nozzle header 2 has a double pipe structure including, for example, an inner pipe 2a and an outer pipe 2b, the nozzle installation surface of the nozzle header 2 is horizontal, and the nozzle 4 extends to the inside of the nozzle header outer pipe 2b. The cooling water inlet (upper end of the nozzle 4) 4a of each nozzle 4 is aligned in the horizontal direction.

  The cooling water supply control means 6 is composed of an open / close valve (for example, an electromagnetic valve) that opens and closes in response to an electrical signal. The cooling water supply control means 6 (cooling water supply open / close valve) 6 is sent by sending a signal. If opened, the cooling water from the cooling water supply source is supplied to the inner pipe 2 a of the nozzle header through the cooling water supply pipe 1. The cooling water supplied into the inner pipe 2a in this way is supplied into the nozzle header outer pipe 2b through the through hole 2c formed in the upper portion thereof, and the cooling water outlet of the nozzle 4 with a uniform pressure. (Lower end of nozzle) 4b is ejected and cooling water is supplied to the upper surface of the steel plate. If the cooling water supply control means (cooling water supply opening / closing valve) 6 is closed, the supply of cooling water into the nozzle header 1 is shut off.

  However, at that time, due to the inner diameter and length of the cooling water supply pipe 1, the cooling water supply pipe 1 between the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6 and the nozzle header inner pipe 2 a and the nozzle header 2 The amount of accumulated cooling water is large. Therefore, in the case of only the basic structure described above, when the supply of the cooling water to the upper surface of the steel plate is stopped, the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6 is closed and the cooling water from the cooling water supply source to the nozzle header 2 is closed. Even if the supply is stopped, the cooling water remaining in the cooling water supply pipe 1 and the nozzle header 2 (the cooling water in the shaded area in FIG. 1) moves downward due to gravity and passes through the nozzle 4. Will be discharged to the upper surface of the steel plate.

  Therefore, in the steel sheet cooling device according to this embodiment, the cooling water remaining in the cooling water supply pipe 1 or the nozzle header 2 is transferred from the nozzle header 2 to the outside of the steel plate existence region (the plate through which the steel plate passes). A cooling water discharge pipe 5 is provided so that it can be discharged to the outside of the road). One end of the cooling water discharge pipe 5 is connected to the outer pipe 2b of the nozzle header 2 so that at least the lower end thereof is positioned below the cooling water inlet 4a of each nozzle 4 penetrating into the nozzle header 2. A cooling water discharge control means (for example, an electromagnetic on-off valve) 8 is attached on the way.

  The cooling water discharge control means (cooling water discharge opening / closing valve) 8 is closed when the cooling water supply control means (cooling water supply opening / closing valve) 6 is opened, and the cooling water supply control means (cooling water supply) The supply opening / closing valve (6) is opened when it is closed. That is, the opening / closing operation of the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6 and the cooling water discharge opening / closing valve 8 is performed in reverse to each other.

  Thus, when the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6 is closed and the cooling water supply is stopped, the cooling water remaining in the cooling water supply pipe 1 or the nozzle header 2 passes through the cooling water discharge pipe 5. It can be made to discharge to the drainage groove 9 outside.

  Further, a high pressure water injection pipe 12 is attached to the cooling water discharge pipe 5, and a high pressure water injection control means (for example, an electromagnetic open / close valve) 13 is attached in the middle of the high pressure water injection pipe 12.

  As a result, high-pressure water is injected from the high-pressure water injection pipe 12 into the cooling water discharge pipe 5, and the residual cooling water is positively discharged by the accompanying flow. The discharge speed of the residual cooling water is increased by the effect of the accompanying flow of the high-pressure water.

  In this embodiment, the cooling water discharge pipe 5 is connected to the nozzle header outer pipe 2b, but the cooling water discharge pipe 5 is further connected to one or both of the nozzle header inner pipe 2a and the cooling water supply pipe 1. Additional connections may be made. Moreover, when the required flow path cross-sectional area of the cooling water drain pipe 5 cannot be obtained, for example, a cooling water drain pipe having a small area may be attached to a plurality of locations of the nozzle header outer pipe 2b.

  And what is necessary is just to attach the high pressure water injection pipe | tube 12 with respect to those cooling water drain pipes 5 suitably.

  By the way, the coolant discharge pipe 5 is always connected to the nozzle header outer pipe 2b, and is connected below the nozzle header inner pipe 2a and below the horizontal height position of the upper end (cooling water inlet) 4a of the nozzle 4. It is preferable to do. This is because residual cooling water accumulates in the lower part of the nozzle header 2 according to gravity, but cooling water at a position lower than the upper end 4 a of the nozzle 4 does not flow out of the nozzle 4. Therefore, the upper end 4a of each nozzle 4 needs to be positioned at least above the lower end of the cooling water drain pipe 5, but in order to stop the residual cooling water flowing out from the nozzle 4 quickly, the nozzle 4 The length of the cooling water drain pipe 5 is connected to the nozzle header 2 so that the upper end of the cooling water drain pipe 5 is positioned below the cooling water inlet 4a of the nozzle 4 in the vertical direction. As a result, the liquid level of the residual cooling water can be quickly made lower than the inlet 4a of the nozzle 4, and the cooling water ejected from the nozzle 4 is quickly stopped. 2 shows an example in which the position of the upper end of the cooling water drain pipe 5 is made lower than the inlet 4a of the nozzle 4, but the upper end of the cooling water drain pipe 5 is lower than the inlet 4a of the nozzle 4. Is lowered by H. The value of H may theoretically be zero, but a value of about 5 to 20 mm is preferable in consideration of the mounting accuracy of the machine.

  However, as described above, when a necessary flow passage cross-sectional area of the cooling water drain pipe 5 cannot be secured, a plurality of cooling water drain pipes 5 are installed, and some of the cooling water drain pipes 5 are connected to the nozzles 4. The other cooling water drain pipe 5 may be arranged above the upper end 4a of the nozzle 4 in order to arrange it below the upper end 4a of the nozzle and to secure a deficient channel cross-sectional area.

  Moreover, the position of the cooling water inlet 4a of each nozzle 4 is good to exist in the same position with respect to a horizontal surface. By doing so, since the liquid level in the nozzle header 2 and the level of the cooling water inlet 4a of each nozzle 4 become parallel, all the nozzles 4 can simultaneously stop the cooling water outflow. On the contrary, when the position of the cooling water inlet 4a of each nozzle 4 is not at the same position with respect to the horizontal plane, the volume of the residual cooling water is increased in the process of draining and decreasing the residual cooling water in the nozzle header 2. When the cooling water inlet 4a is lower than the uppermost cooling water inlet 4a, the nozzle having the uppermost cooling water inlet 4a is opened to the atmosphere, so even if high pressure water is poured into the cooling water drain pipe 5, the effect of the accompanying flow is reduced. And the drainage speed from there may be slow.

  In FIGS. 1 and 2, the description has been made assuming that the injection direction of the nozzle 4 is vertically downward. However, even when the injection direction of the nozzle 4 is obliquely downward as shown in FIG. The same effect can be obtained if the water inlet 4a is made to coincide with the horizontal plane and the cooling water drain pipe 5 is connected to the nozzle 4 below the cooling water inlet 4a.

  Next, operation | movement of the cooling device of the steel plate which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated below based on FIG.

  First, when cooling water is supplied to the upper surface of the steel plate in order to cool the steel plate, an electric signal (water cooling start instruction) is sent to open the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6. At the same time or prior to that, an electrical signal is sent, and the cooling water discharge on-off valve 8 and the high-pressure water injection on-off valve 13 are closed. Thus, the cooling water from the cooling water supply source passes through the cooling water supply pipe 1 and is supplied to the inner pipe 2a of the nozzle header 2, and the cooling water supplied into the inner pipe 2a passes through the through hole 2c. After being supplied into the outer pipe 2b of the nozzle header 2, it is ejected from the cooling water outlet 4b of the nozzle 4 with a uniform pressure to cool the entire upper surface of the steel plate.

  Next, when the supply of the cooling water to the upper surface of the steel plate is stopped, an electric signal (water cooling stop instruction) is sent to close the cooling water supply opening / closing valve 6. At the same time, the cooling water discharge on-off valve 8 and the high-pressure water injection on-off valve 13 are opened. As a result, most of the cooling water remaining in the cooling water supply pipe 1 and the nozzle header 2 quickly passes through the cooling water discharge pipe 5 and is discharged to the drain groove 9 and partly discharged from the nozzle 4. The Thus, since there is no residual cooling water in a short time, dripping of the cooling water from the nozzle 4 is not in a short time.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the time (cooling water stop delay time) from when the cooling water supply stop command is issued until the cooling water supply actually stops on the steel sheet is extremely short, Unnecessary cooling water outflow from the nozzle 4 is avoided, an excellent water cooling stop characteristic (off characteristic) is obtained, and the controllability of cooling of the steel sheet can be greatly improved. As a result, the steel sheet can be uniformly and stably water-cooled at a high cooling rate, the occurrence of material defects due to temperature unevenness in the longitudinal direction of the steel sheet is prevented, the material is less displaced, and the quality is high. Steel sheets can be manufactured.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooling water supply pipe 2 Nozzle header 2a Nozzle header inner pipe 2b Nozzle header outer pipe 2c Through-hole 4 Nozzle 4a Nozzle upper end (cooling water inlet)
4b Nozzle tip (cooling water outlet)
5 Cooling water drain pipe 6 Cooling water supply control means (cooling water supply on / off valve)
8 Cooling water drainage control means (cooling water drainage on-off valve)
9 Drainage groove 12 High pressure water injection pipe 13 High pressure water injection control means (open / close valve for high pressure water injection)

Claims (3)

  An upper surface of a steel material, comprising a nozzle header connected to a cooling water supply source via a cooling water supply pipe, cooling water supply control means provided in the cooling water supply pipe, and a nozzle group attached to the nozzle header. In the steel material cooling apparatus for supplying the cooling water to the cooling water discharge pipe, the cooling water discharge pipe that can discharge the cooling water from the nozzle header to the outside, and high-pressure water is poured into the cooling water discharge pipe to the outside of the cooling water. A steel cooling device comprising a high-pressure water injection pipe that promotes discharge.   2. The steel cooling device according to claim 1, wherein the height positions of the cooling water inlets of the nozzles are all at the same height position with respect to a horizontal plane.   The steel material cooling method by the steel material cooling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when cooling water supply to the steel upper surface is stopped, the cooling water supply control means supplies cooling water to the nozzle header. A method for cooling a steel sheet, wherein the on-off valves to which the cooling water drain pipe and the high-pressure water injection pipe are attached are opened simultaneously with stopping.

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