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A Kinetic Ladle Furnace Process Simulation Model: Effective Equilibrium Reaction Zone Model using FactSage Macro processing

Author

Marie-Aline Van Ende & In-Ho Jung*

Journal

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Year

2017

The ladle furnace (LF) is widely used in the secondary steelmaking process in particular for the de-sulfurization, alloying, and reheating of liquid steel prior to the casting process. The Effective Equilibrium Reaction Zone model using the FactSage macro processing code was applied to develop a kinetic LF process model. The slag/metal interactions, flux additions to slag, various metallic additions to steel, and arcing in the LF process were taken into account to describe the variations of chemistry and temperature of steel and slag. The LF operation data for several steel grades from different plants were accurately described using the present kinetic model.