Barron, M.A., Reyes, J. and Miranda, D.Y. (2022) Unsteady Non-Uniform Flow of Molten Metals in Rectangular Open Channels. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 10, 593-604.
https://doi.org/10.4236/wjet.2022.103038

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• TITLE: Numerical Simulation of the Flow of a Molten Blast Furnace Slag in an Open Channel

  AUTHORS: Miguel A. Barron, Joan Reyes, Aristeo Garrido

  KEYWORDS: Blast Furnace Slag, Molten Slag, Open Channel Flow, Saint-Venant Equations, Supercritical Flow, Transcritical Flow

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.12 No.4, November 1, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Despite its industrial importance, the flow of molten blast furnace slag in open channels has not been sufficiently studied. In this work, the unsteady non-uniform flow of a molten blast furnace slag in a rectangular open channel is numerically studied by solving the Saint-Venant equations by means of an explicit backwards finite difference scheme. An Arrhenius-type dependence of the viscosity of the slag on temperature is assumed. To calculate that viscosity, four temperatures are considered, namely 1450˚C, 1500˚C, 1550˚C and 1600˚C. To study the dynamic response of the system, a half-sinusoidal pulse with duration of 5 s is imposed at the channel entrance. According to the numerical simulations, for all the temperatures considered, the slag flow in the channel for an angle of 5 degrees is supercritical in nature. However, for an angle of 1 degree, the flow is transcritical, that is, it presents a transition from subcritical to supercritical.