VW Applied Sciences, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, 07-14
Received: August 05, 2019
Accepted: August 26, 2019
Published online: Sept. 08, 2019
Maqusud Alam1*
Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui2
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
2Institute for High Technology Materials and Devices, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
*Corresponding author email: maqusudmce@gmail.com
Abstract: The current scenario of the steel market is expressively changing. The rapid increase in demand for clean and high-quality steel has changed the way of the conventional steelmaking process. The steelmakers are now looking for new technology and processes which can ensure their competitiveness in the market and reduce the carbon emission. The application of electromagnetic forces is among the various new technologies which have been employed for improving quality and efficiency. Among them, electromagnetic braking controls the melt flow velocity, and further, it reduces the free-surface chaotic velocity profile in a continuous casting mold. In the present work, a three-dimensional numerical model has been developed to investigate the effect of electromagnetic forces on melt flow characteristics in the continuous casting mold. The results obtained from the CFD model suggest that melt flow is greatly influenced by electromagnetic forces. Further, the vertical downward velocity component can be obtained by the application of electromagnetic force. In addition to this, inclusion motion behavior has been reported under the influence of an electromagnetic force.
