Numerical Analysis of Coupled Turbulent Flow and Macroscopic Solidification in a Round Bloom Continuous Casting Mold with Electromagnetic Stirring

Abstract

In this article, a coupled three‐dimensional mathematic model is established to describe electromagnetic field, fluid flow, heat transfer and solidification in a round bloom continuous casting mold with electromagnetic stirring (M‐EMS). The interaction between the induced flow and the impinging jet from a straight‐through submerged entry nozzle (SEN) of the caster is numerically analyzed. The results show that the electromagnetic force appears to be circinate at the cross section of the round bloom. Moreover, the flow of the melt is characterized by a dominant swirling movement along the azimuthal direction in the horizontal plane with M‐EMS. However, the swirl flow velocity decreases remarkably when solidification is taken into account. With the increase of stirring intensity, the steady flow becomes unstable accompanying with the bias flow, and the temperature distribution is unsymmetrical in the mold. The significant swirl flow with M‐EMS prevents the superheated jet moving downward and weakens the invasion depth of the jet, and thus the location of the hot zone in the mold moves up evidently.