Coupled dynamic modeling of scrap melting and gas phase reactions in the electric arc furnace process

Abstract

Gas phase reactions have a significant effect on the composition and heat content of the off-gas in the electric arc furnace (EAF) process. In this work, a previously developed dynamic scrap melting and heat transfer model was coupled with a gas phase reaction module based on Gibbs energy minimization. The gas phase reaction module retrieves the necessary thermodynamic data from a previously developed thermochemistry module. The gas phase reaction module has been used to improve the description of the gas burners and the freeboard of the EAF. The implementation of the gas phase reaction module has been found to be in good agreement with commercially available software (HSC Sim) for calculations assuming a gas phase equilibrium.