The present disclosure relates to a field of tundish metallurgy technology, in particular to a tundish or a device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir plate in a tundish.
Tundish gas-curtain wall technology is a technology for removing non-metallic inclusions from molten steel in a tundish. The principle thereof is that a gas-curtain wall is provided at a bottom of a tundish to blow in argon, and the argon passes through the gas-curtain wall and floats upward to form a gas-curtain barrier of argon bubbles, promoting the upward floating and removing of non-metallic inclusions in liquid steel.
However, the existing strip-shaped gas-curtain wall technology has main defects and deficiencies as following:
1) The existing gas-curtain wall has a blind area when generating a gas curtain. Currently, a length of a blind end of most gas-curtain walls is about 90˜120 mm. Due to the existence of the blind end of a gas curtain, a removal effect of inclusions is affected.
2) The argon floats right above the strip-shaped gas-curtain wall in the tundish and forms a violent fluctuation, causing an exposure of the molten steel and causing a secondary oxidation of the molten steel. Besides, the argon bubbles drive the inclusions to float upward to a liquid surface of the tundish, while the liquid surface fluctuates greatly. If not being adsorbed by a covering agent, the inclusions will re-enter the molten steel, thereby affecting the removal effect of inclusions;
3) Since the existing gas-curtain wall technology needs to generate a gas curtain in a steel passing section of the whole tundish, needing a certain amount of blowing volume, the argon consumption is large, while a large amount of argon blowing will cause the liquid surface to flip.
Combined with
Patent CN201186337Y (Application NO.: 200820004821.2) discloses a tundish gas-curtain wall and a tundish with the gas-curtain wall. The disadvantages are that a blind area of gas curtain exists, the gas curtain causes the liquid surface to fluctuate, and the inclusions re-enter into the molten steel.
Patent CN 107350443 A (Application NO.: 201710576129.0) discloses a method for removing inclusions by blowing argon into a continuous-casting tundish gas-curtain wall. The disadvantages are that a blind area of gas curtain still exists, and a length of the blind area is 30˜40 mm, which is unable to completely eliminate the re-entrance of inclusions caused by the fluctuation of the liquid surface.
In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art, the present disclosure provides a device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir plate in a tundish. The main problem to be solved by the present disclosure is that a generated gas curtain will not generate a blind area on a steel flow channel.
A tundish, comprising a long water gap, a tundish container that is composed of a tundish refractory working layer and a tundish shell, and a submerged water gap, wherein the tundish also comprises a gas-curtain weir plate, the gas-curtain weir plate comprises a gas-curtain weir refractory body, a steel passing hole, a gas-permeable brick, a gas chamber, and an argon duct; the steel passing hole is provided at a lower portion of the gas-curtain weir refractory body, the argon duct is connected to the gas chamber, the gas chamber is connected to the gas-permeable brick to form a gas-curtain generating device, and the gas-curtain generating device is installed at a lower portion of the gas-curtain weir refractory body; the gas-permeable brick is provided in association with the position of the steel passing hole, and a length of the gas-permeable brick is designed larger than a width of the steel passing hole to provide a gas-curtain that fully covers all liquid steel flowing to or flowing through the steel passing hole; the gas-curtain weir plate is provided in the tundish container, the gas-curtain weir refractory body crosses the tundish container horizontally, dividing the tundish container into a first region and a second region, molten steel is injected into the first region of the tundish container from the long water gap, flows into the second region of the tundish container under a diversion of the steel passing hole, and flows out of the tundish container from the submerged water gap, the steel passing hole forms a unique flow channel of liquid steel between the first region and the second region.
A device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir in a tundish, comprising the tundish that is provided with a long water gap, a tundish refractory working layer, a tundish shell, and a submerged water gap, wherein a middle of the tundish is provided with one gas-curtain weir plate, and the gas-curtain weir plate comprises a hoist ring, a gas-curtain weir refractory body, a steel passing hole, a gas-permeable brick, a gas chamber and an argon duct; the hoist ring is fixedly installed at an upper portion of the gas-curtain weir refractory body, and the steel passing hole are provided at a lower portion of the gas-curtain weir refractory body, the argon duct is connected to the gas chamber, the gas chamber is connected to the gas-permeable brick to form a gas-curtain generating device that is installed at the lower portion of the gas-curtain weir refractory body.
The gas-curtain weir plate is provided in the middle of the tundish to divide the tundish into a mixing region and a casting region, wherein molten steel is injected from the long water gap into the mixing region of the tundish, flows into a stream region of the tundish through a diversion steel passing hole of the gas-curtain weir, and flows into a crystallizer from the submerged water gap; a gas-curtain generating device is provided at an entrance of the steel passing hole of the gas-curtain weir plate, and argon is blown in to form a gas curtain without a blind area at the entrance of the steel passing hole, gas washing the liquid steel that flows through the steel passing hole to promote the accumulation and upward floating of inclusions.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas-curtain weir plate is provided at a position of ½ to ¼ of a length of the tundish.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, two steel passing holes are provided at a position that is 0˜500 mm above a bottom of the gas-curtain weir plate.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the steel passing hole is designed rectangular, the size of which is length (50˜300 mm)×width (50˜300 mm), or circular with a diameter (50˜300 mm), and an inclination of the steel passing hole is designed upward (0˜80 degrees).
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a length of the gas-permeable brick is designed larger than a length of the steel passing hole, and the length of the gas-permeable brick is designed to be 50˜320 mm.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas-curtain generating device is provided at an entrance of the steel passing hole or a bottom of the steel passing hole or an exit of the steel passing hole of the gas-curtain weir plate.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the argon duct is provided with a pressure and flow control device, an argon working pressure is selected to be 0.1˜0.9 MPa, and an argon blowing rate is 5˜50 L/min.
By adopting the technical proposals of the present disclosure, the tundish or the device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir in the tundish has the following effects: by arranging a strip-shaped gas-curtain generating device at a position of the entrance of the weir plate, and designing the length of the gas-permeable brick larger than the length of the steel passing hole, all molten steel flowing through the steel passing hole of the weir plate is guaranteed an effective gas washing, and no blind area of a gas curtain will exist, ensuring the removal efficiency of inclusions in the molten steel;
as long as a gas curtain is formed at the entrance of the weir plate, since the area of the steel passing hole of the weir plate is very small, which is beneficial to improve the efficiency of blowing purge, and the disclosure is thereby beneficial to reduce the argon consumption in an actual production;
during a using process, since the disclosure is beneficial to reduce the argon flow rate, it is thereby beneficial to reduce a molten steel exposure in the molten steel, thereby beneficial to reduce the secondary oxidation of the molten steel;
during the using process, the steel passing hole guides the molten steel to flow quickly in a horizontal direction, the argon driving the purging also flows horizontally to achieve a more evenly ventilation in the second region of the tundish container, so as to also benefit to reduce the molten steel exposure in the molten steel, thereby reducing the secondary oxidation of the molten steel;
by providing a gas-curtain weir plate in a main device to divide the tundish into two regions, the fluctuation of liquid surface in the first region can be made smaller, and less slags in the first region will be involved.
In this disclosure, the same reference signs always indicate the same features, wherein:
1: long water gap; 2: tundish refractory; 3: tundish shell; 4: gas-curtain weir plate; 5: submerged water gap; 6: gas-curtain dam; 41: hoist ring; 42: gas-curtain weir refractory body; 43: steel passing hole; 44: gas-permeable brick; 45: gas chamber; 46: argon duct.
The technical proposals of the present disclosure is described further below with reference to the drawings and embodiments.
A device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir in a tundish, or a tundish, comprises a tundish with a long water gap 1, a tundish refractory working layer 2, a tundish shell 3, one gas-curtain weir plate 4 that is provided in a middle position of the tundish, a submerged water gap 5, wherein the tundish refractory working layer 2 and the tundish shell 3 compose a tundish container. It can be seen from
The gas-curtain weir plate is provided at a position of ½, or ½ to ¼, in a length direction of the tundish, dividing the tundish container into a first region (the left area) and a second region (the right area) as shown in
In the embodiment shown in
Combined with
Before pouring, the argon of the argon duct 46 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4 is opened. The argon working pressure is 0.5 MPa, and the argon blowing rate is 6 L/min. The blown-in argon forms a gas curtain without a blind area at the entrance (the left side) of the steel passing holes 43.
The starting molten steel is poured into the mixing region of the tundish (the left side of the tundish) from the long water gap 1, flows into the stream region of the tundish (the right side of the tundish) through the diversion steel passing holes 43 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4, and then flows into the crystallizer from the submerged water gap 5.
The argon, blown in from the gas-permeable bricks 44 on the gas-curtain weir plate 4, performs a full coverage gas washing to the liquid steel that flows through the steel passing holes 43, to promote the accumulation and upward floating of inclusions. Since the amount of the blown-in argon is little, it will not cause the molten steel churning and exposing that may cause a secondary oxidation of molten steel and a re-entrance of inclusions.
Combined with
Before pouring, the argon of the argon duct 46 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4 is opened. The argon working pressure is 0.5 MPa, and the argon blowing rate is 3 L/min. The blown-in argon forms a gas curtain without a blind area inside the steel passing holes 43.
The starting molten steel is poured into the mixing region of the tundish (the left side of the tundish) from the long water gap 1, flows into the stream region of the tundish (the right side of the tundish) through the diversion steel passing holes 43 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4, and then flows into the crystallizer from the submerged water gap 5.
The argon, blown in from the gas-permeable bricks 44 on the gas-curtain weir plate 4, performs a full coverage gas washing to the liquid steel that flows through the steel passing holes 43, to promote the accumulation and upward floating of inclusions. Since the amount of the blown-in argon is little, it will not cause the molten steel churning and exposing that may cause a secondary oxidation of molten steel and a re-entrance of inclusions.
Combined with
Before pouring, the argon of the argon duct 46 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4 is opened. The argon working pressure is 0.5 MPa, and the argon blowing rate is 8 L/min. The blown-in argon forms a gas curtain without a blind area at the exit (the right side) of the steel passing holes 43.
The starting molten steel is poured into the mixing region of the tundish (the left side of the tundish) from the long water gap 1, flows into the stream region of the tundish (the right side of the tundish) through the diversion steel passing holes 43 of the gas-curtain weir plate 4, and then flows into the crystallizer from the submerged water gap 5.
The argon, blown in from the gas-permeable bricks 44 on the gas-curtain weir plate 4, performs a full coverage gas washing to the liquid steel that flows through the steel passing holes 43, to promote the accumulation and upward floating of inclusions. Since the amount of blown-in argon is little, it will not cause the molten steel churning and exposing that may cause a secondary oxidation of molten steel and a re-entrance of inclusions.
In the Embodiments 1 and 3, the gas chamber 45 and the gas-curtain weir refractory body 42 are integrated or integrally formed, while existing at least one variant, that is, the gas chamber 45 and the gas-curtain weir refractory body 42 are separate, and the gas chamber 45 can also have a certain gap with the gas-curtain weir refractory body 42, at least the gas curtain generated by the gas-permeable bricks 44 provided on the gas chamber 45 can fully cover the liquid steel flowing to or flowing through the steel passing holes.
In summary, by adopting the technical proposals of the present disclosure, according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the tundish or the device for removing inclusions by blowing argon with a gas-curtain weir in the tundish has the following effects.
(1) By providing a gas-curtain weir plate in the main device to divide the tundish into a mixing region and a stream region, the fluctuation of the liquid surface in the casting region can be made smaller, and less slags from the casting region will be involved. By providing two diversion holes in the middle of the weir plate, the molten steel flows upward through the diversion holes, thereby facilitating the upward floating of inclusions.
(2) By providing a strip-shaped gas-curtain generating device at the position of the entrance of the weir plate, and designing the length of the gas-permeable bricks is larger than the length of the steel passing holes, an effective gas washing is ensured to all molten steel that flows through the steel passing holes of the weir plate, and no blind area of the gas-curtain exists, thereby ensuring the removal efficiency of inclusions in molten steel.
(3) As long as a gas curtain is formed at the entrance of the weir plate, since the area of the steel passing holes of the weir plate is very small, the purging efficiency is improved, which is beneficial to reduce the blowing volume, so as to benefit to reduce the molten steel exposure in the molten steel, thereby beneficial to reduce the secondary oxidation of the molten steel.
(4) During the using process, the steel passing holes guide the liquid steel to flow quickly in a horizontal direction, driving the purging argon also flows horizontally to achieve a more evenly ventilation in the second region of the tundish container, so as to also benefit to reduce the molten steel exposure caused in the molten steel, thereby reducing the secondary oxidation of the molten steel.
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201810818597.9 | Jul 2018 | CN | national |
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PCT/CN2019/096762 | 7/19/2019 | WO | 00 |