| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Materials Processing Fundamentals: Thermodynamics and Rate Phenomena
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| Presentation Title |
Comparative Study of Two Methodologies for the Analysis of the Thermal Evolution of Steel Slabs in a Reheating Furnace |
| Author(s) |
Mario-Ulises Calderon Rojas, José-Ángel Ramos-Banderas, Constantin-Alberto Hernandez-Bocanegra, Gildardo Solorio-Díaz, José-Jaime López-Soria |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Mario-Ulises Calderon Rojas |
| Abstract Scope |
The reheating furnace is a crucial process for the production of steel in sheet form. The furnace represents an expense between 30-40% of the total cost of steel production, therefore, a study of the furnace is crucial for the improvement of the process. The comparative analysis was performed using 3-D CFD, where one methodology for predicting slab heating consisted of assigning an initial temperature for each of the 17 slabs according to their position inside the furnace. The second consisted of using the dynamic mesh model for the slab displacement inside the furnace with a charge at 23.5% of the total charge. Both methodologies showed a similar thermal evolution during the first 60 min of simulation, being the first methodology more efficient in computational cost; however, the dynamic mesh methodology, since it had a lower percentage of mass, presented an overheating of the slab exceeding 1500°C. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Modeling and Simulation, Iron and Steel, High-Temperature Materials |