Liow, J.V., and Cole, D.E. (2005) Modelling the mixing in an elliptic top submerged gas injected vessel. In: Proceedings of 33rd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference. From: Chemeca 2005, 25-28 September 2005, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

New iron-making technologies have been studied in the last two decades as alternatives to the iron blast furnace. The Auslron® process uses multiple top submerged lances to inject air into a molten bath of iron ore, slag and coal to produce pig iron. A novel approach using thermistors to rapidly measure the responses at multiple positions in a water model of the Auslron® process to a pulse of hot water provided details of the mixing characteristics enabling a reactor model to be developed. A mixing model based on a series of stirred tanks was proposed based on observations from dye tracer studies fitted the thermal tracer results and gave a mixing time of 26 seconds, similar to that obtained experimentally. The use of multiple measuring positions also enabled the fine details of the mixing process in the cold model to be studied.

Item ID:	14790
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-1-86499-832-0
Keywords:	gas injection; iron making; reactor model; thermistors
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2010 04:49
FoR Codes:	09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics @ 100%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970102 Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences @ 100%
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