Role of Electrode Rotation on Improvement of Metal Pool Profile in Electroslag Remelting Process

A comprehensive transient model is developed to study the effect of electrode rotation on the evolution of metal pool profiles and the solidification quality of ESR ingots. Magnetohydrodynamic flow, heat transfer, solidification, and electrode melting are considered simultaneously in the model. The...

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Autores principales: Xuechi Huang, Yiru Duan, Zhongqiu Liu, Baokuan Li, Fang Wang
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/560fa1edea0d4ae18298852d9897f409
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Sumario:A comprehensive transient model is developed to study the effect of electrode rotation on the evolution of metal pool profiles and the solidification quality of ESR ingots. Magnetohydrodynamic flow, heat transfer, solidification, and electrode melting are considered simultaneously in the model. The growth of the ESR ingot is predicted using the dynamic layering method. The numerical results show that the productivity reaches a maximum of 15.97% at the rotating speed of 40 rpm without increasing power. With the increasing rotating speed, the maximum temperature of the melt decreases, and the temperature distribution becomes more uniform. Compared with the static one, the pool profiles are flattened by −1.19%, −8.52%, and 12.44% at the rotating speeds of 20, 40, and 60 rpm, respectively. The metal pool profile was improved remarkably, but only at the higher speed (i.e., 60 rpm). The effect of rotating speed on the metal pool profile depends on the competition between the melting rate and slag temperature. Meanwhile, the local solidification time and the secondary dendrite arm spacing are slightly improved at lower rotating speeds but are significantly worse at higher rotating speeds.