Multiphase flow modelling of lancing of furnace tap-holes : validation of multiphase flow simulated in OpenFOAM®

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dc.contributor.author Erwee, Markus Wouter
dc.contributor.author Reynolds, Q.G.
dc.contributor.author Zietsman, Johannes Hendrik
dc.contributor.author Bezuidenhout, P.J.A.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-01-06T11:32:20Z
dc.date.available 2021-01-06T11:32:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019-06
dc.description This paper was first presented at the Furnace Tapping 2018 Conference, 15–16 October 2018, Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre, Kruger National Park, South Africa. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Pyrometallurgical furnaces are tapped through tap-holes that are opened with drills and oxygen lances. The lance is often used on its own or as the last step of opening the tap-hole. Interaction of oxygen with molten material inside the tap-hole can occur, and is a phenomenon that is not well understood. As part of a study that focuses on the effect of lancing on flow inside and around the furnace tap-hole, a cold-model validation was done. The validation study focuses on validating the MULTIPHASEINTERFOAM multiphase flow solver in OpenFOAM® for the problem involved. The sensitivity of the model to different materials properties (viscosity and density in particular) is presented with both cold models and the results from flow simulations in OpenFOAM®. en_ZA
dc.description.department Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2020 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.saimm.co.za/journal-papers en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Erwee, M.W., Reynolds, J.H., Bezuidenhout, P.J.A. et al. 2019, 'Multiphase flow modelling of lancing of furnace tap-holes: validation of multiphase flow simulated in OpenFOAM®', Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 119, no. 6, pp. 551-556. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0038-223X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2225-6253 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.17159/2411- 9717/670/2019
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77944
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy en_ZA
dc.rights © The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2019 en_ZA
dc.subject Tapping en_ZA
dc.subject Lancing en_ZA
dc.subject OpenFOAM en_ZA
dc.subject Pyrometallurgy en_ZA
dc.subject Multiphase flow en_ZA
dc.title Multiphase flow modelling of lancing of furnace tap-holes : validation of multiphase flow simulated in OpenFOAM® en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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