Influence of cooling medium characteristics on embedded tube fusion condition in the process of embedded tube sand mold casting

• Published in: Heat transfer, Asian research Asian research, 2019-12, Vol.48 (8), p.3617-3635
• Main Authors: Gao, Zengli, Gong, Benkui, Niu, Jianping, Liu, Yunteng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Blast furnace practice; Casting; casting mold; Cooling effects; cooling medium; Copper; embedded copper tube; Fluid flow; fusion; heat transfer; Ironmaking; Maintenance management; Melting points; Physical properties; Production methods; Reynolds number; Sand casting; sand mold casting; Sand molds; Wall temperature
• ISSN: 1099-2871; 1523-1496
• DOI: 10.1002/htj.21559

Embedded copper tube sand mold casting is the main manufacturing method of iron‐making blast furnace copper cooling stave, comparing embedded copper tube outer wall temperature with copper melting point is used to judge the fusion between liquid copper and embedded copper tube. On the basis that the computational model is reliable though experimental proof, the paper studies the influence of cooling medium characteristics on the embedded copper tube outer wall temperature. The calculated results show that the cooling medium thermal physical properties play a vital role on heat transfer between the liquid and embedded copper tube in the process of casting and determine the embedded copper tube outer wall temperature and the fusion. Through the numerical research, the cooling medium with suitable physical properties is found, adjusting the cooling media Reynolds number is an effective way to regulate the embedded tube outer wall temperature to the temperature required for fusion; in addition, modifying the cooling medium temperature entering the embedded tube is also a means adjusting the embedded tube outer wall temperature and improving the fusion between the embedded tube and liquid copper, but the method is not easy to operate in practice.