CFD modeling of combustion behavior in slag fuming furnaces

Nazmul Huda*, J. Naser, G. A. Brooks, M. A. Reuter, R. W. Matusewicz

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Abstract

A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model of a conventional tuyere blown slag fuming furnace has been developed in Eulerian multiphase flow approach. The model was developed by coupling CFD with kinetics equations developed by Richards et al. for zinc fuming furnaces. The model integrates submerged coal combustion and chemical reactions with the heat, mass and momentum interfacial interaction between the phases in the system. The model predicts the velocity, temperature field of the molten slag bath, generated turbulence, vortex and coal utilization behavior from the slag bath. The highest coal penetration distance was found to be at l/L = 0.2, where l is the distance from the tuyere tip and L is the total length (2.44m) of the modeled furnace. The model also predicts that 10% of the injected coal bypasses the tuyere gas stream un-combusted and carried to the free surface, which contributes to ZnO reduction near the free surface.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Smelting Technology Symposium, Incorporating the 6th Advances in Sulfide Smelting Symposium - Held During the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
EditorsJerome P. Downey, Thomas P. Battle, Jesse F. White
Place of PublicationHoboken, NJ
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
Pages251-258
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781118364765
ISBN (Print)9781118291160
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Smelting Technology Symposium, Incorporating the 6th Advances in Sulfide Smelting Symposium - TMS 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 11 Mar 201215 Mar 2012

Other

OtherInternational Smelting Technology Symposium, Incorporating the 6th Advances in Sulfide Smelting Symposium - TMS 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period11/03/1215/03/12

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