Stirring strands <i>via</i> traveling-wave magnetic fields to increase the equiaxed crystal ratio of stainless-steel slab castings

XIAO Hong; WANG Pu; LAN Fang; LI Wei-hong; TANG Hai-yan; LI Ai-wu; ZHANG Jia-quan

doi:10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2021.02.09.001

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XIAO Hong, WANG Pu, LAN Fang, LI Wei-hong, TANG Hai-yan, LI Ai-wu, ZHANG Jia-quan. Stirring strands via traveling-wave magnetic fields to increase the equiaxed crystal ratio of stainless-steel slab castings[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2021, 43(6): 797-807. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2021.02.09.001

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XIAO Hong, WANG Pu, LAN Fang, LI Wei-hong, TANG Hai-yan, LI Ai-wu, ZHANG Jia-quan. Stirring strands via traveling-wave magnetic fields to increase the equiaxed crystal ratio of stainless-steel slab castings[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2021, 43(6): 797-807. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2021.02.09.001

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Stirring strands via traveling-wave magnetic fields to increase the equiaxed crystal ratio of stainless-steel slab castings

doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2021.02.09.001

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School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Magnetoelectric Research Institute, Hunan Zhongke Electric Co., Ltd., Yueyang 414000, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail: jqzhang@metall.ustb.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-02-09
Publish Date: 2021-06-25

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Electromagnetic stirring of strands by a traveling-wave magnetic field is a cutting-edge continuous casting technology for eliminating the columnar crystal structure that tends to develop in stainless- and/or silicon-steel slab castings. The common ridging defect on the surface of ferritic stainless strip products has been found to be closely related to the well-developed as-cast columnar crystal structure. To explore the various electromagnetic properties of the traveling-wave magnetic fields applied to the secondary cooling zone of a slab casting strand, we used the segmented computational domain method to develop a coupled math model to analyze the electromagnetic, fluid flow, heat transfer, and solidification behaviors, which had been previously determined in an electromagnetic measurement experiment to be a valid approach. The modeling analysis results regarding the traveling-wave magnetic fields show that molten steel stirring has some effect on the end of the slab strand. We also found that the intensity of the magnetic induction when using a box-type electromagnetic stirrer (B-EMS) is much greater on the inside of the strand than on the outside, as compared with its symmetric behavior when applying a roller-type electromagnetic stirrer (R-EMS). At an electrical power of 400 kW and frequency of 7 Hz, the current intensity of the R-EMS is higher than that of the B-EMS by 75 A, achieving a more efficient stirring effect for promoting equiaxed crystal nucleation in front of the solidified shell. In casting experiments in a stainless-steel slab caster, both the B-EMS and R-EMS are found to inhibit the growth of columnar crystals through nucleation of the heads of the dendrites, which realizes an equiaxed crystal ratio of the slab casting 45% higher than its threshold value. In addition, an R-MES with two pairs of rollers using inverse thrust EMS forces can produce an equiaxed crystal ratio 17% higher than that achieved by the B-EMS, and can thus be used in the casting production of ferritic stainless steels to obtain final strip products with no ridging defects.
- ferritic stainless steel,
- traveling-wave magnetic field,
- roller-type electromagnetic stirrer,
- box-type electromagnetic stirrer,
- equiaxed crystal ratio

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