WO2002075003A2 - Argon oxygen decarburisation converter control method and system - Google Patents
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- the present invention refers to a control method and to a related system for converters employed in stainless steelmaking, converters called AOD from Argon Oxygen
- the main goal in the AOD-type processes is to reach the end-point desirable in terms of Carbon as quickly as possible, fostering the oxidation of the Carbon in lieu of that of the Chromium without lowering the bath temperature below the optimum thermal level.
- the process times and the heat losses are decreased, but there is an increase in costs because of the need to add a reducing element (Silicon, Aluminium) in order to recover the Chromium oxide.
- the oxides resulting from the reduction of the Chromium oxide via the addition of said reducing agents increase the aggressiveness of the slag in relation to the refractory. In order to neutralise this effect, in a traditional process great quantities of lime are additioned, thereby increasing the thermal losses and the production costs.
- the best way to attain this aim is known to be an adequate lowering of the partial pressure of the Carbon monoxide (CO) in the liquid bath, lowering carried out by a controlled decrease of the Oxygen/inert gases ratio. In fact, this lowering fosters the oxidation of the Carbon, preventing an excessive oxidation of the Chromium.
- This lowering is usually carried out statically, i.e. the ratio is varied, at predetermined time intervals, of a discrete quantity.
- This system proved partly unsatisfactory since, though optimizing the process on the average, it fails to optimize the single casting.
- the technical problem underlying the present invention is to provide an AOD converter control method and system allowing to overcome the drawback mentioned with reference to the known art . This problem is solved by a method as abovespecified, comprising the following steps:
- a system as abovespecified comprises:
- a static control providing: the composition of the inletted ferrous metal; the desired steel type; the quantities of the additives to be additioned to the bath, and the initial values of the injected Oxygen and Nitrogen flow rates.
- the main advantage of the abovedefined method and system lies in ensuring the utmost effectiveness of the Oxygen blown into the converter and in letting the stainless steel refining process proceed at top speed.
- the present invention will hereinafter be described according to a preferred embodiment thereof, given by way of a non-limiting example with reference to the attached drawing, in which the sole figure schematically depicts an AOD converter.
- a base element of the system is an analyzer of the gases outletted from the converter 1, schematically indicated with 2 and located in the outlet duct 3 of the mouth 4 of the vessel 5.
- the probe of the waste gas analyzer (not shown) is positioned in the descending section of the outlet duct, upstream of the scrubber, in order to minimize the lag between the measuring of the gas composition and the actual gas composition at the outlet of the converter 1. Although thereat, the outletted gas has already mixed with the air inletted at the mouth 4, the measuring is sufficiently accurate.
- the model and the analyzer 2 interact therebetween by virtue of a control system implemented in a computer 6.
- the analyzer 2 is coupled to a flow rate meter, schematically indicated with 7 and it is positioned at a spot (not shown) downstream of the scrubber and upstream of the fans. This position prevents the probe 7 from being impinged onto by high-temperature and powder-rich gases .
- An adequate type of measuring system is an ultrasonic system consisting of a whirler (e.g. of the Vortex ® type) and a transducer. The temperature is measured in this same spot .
- the control system according to the present embodiment relies on the use of a mathematical model which simulates the performance of an AOD converter 1 (see figure) , thereby enabling the control system to select the optimum strategy .
- the model is designed to simulate: i) the converter startup; ii) the mass balance, to compute the bath composition due to the chemical reactions under way; iii) the energy balance, to compute the bath temperature due to the energy interactions; and iv) the variation of the operative conditions .
- hypotheses underlying the model can be summarized as follows : (a) the state variables of the converter assume the same value anywhere inside the vessel (perfect mixing hypothesis) ;
- the heat balance is performed by taking account of any loss (radiant energy, endothermal reduction reactions; blowing in of cold gases; addition of cold materials) .
- the chemical species reacting in the molten bath are: Iron (Fe) , Carbon (C) , Chromium (Cr) , Silicon (Si) , Nickel (Ni) and
- Manganese (Mn) Manganese
- composition of the gas blown in for the decarburization comprises Oxygen (0 2 ) , Argon (Ar) and
- Nitrogen (N 2 ) whereas the composition of the outletted gas additionally comprises Carbon monoxide (CO) .
- This model is employed to simulate the evolution of the decarburization process according to the base parameters (bath temperature, chemical composition) which vary according to the regulation variables (blowing parameters, additives) as well as to analyze the potential process evolution deriving from the different running strategies .
- the model is fed with other static data, like: the composition of the inletted ferrous metal, the temperature of the inletted material, the other features of the charged ferrous metal, the desired steel type.
- a static-type model provides several initial parameters: the quantities of the additives to be additioned to the bath and the initial values of the flow rates of Oxygen and Nitrogen injected via the nozzle 10 and the lance 11.
- the control system uses a proportional -type operation logic, simpler and more reliable than the systems which rely on a fuzzy control .
- the control method of the AOD converter 1 comprises a step of measuring the flow rate, the temperature and the composition of the gases outletted from the mouth 4 of the converter 1.
- the Oxygen/Inert gas ratio is varied (increased or decreased) , thereby keeping at all times the CRE (Carbon Removal Efficiency) above a critical threshold value depending on the steel type.
- the value of the critical CRE is computed in the light of the off-line simulations carried out with the mathematic model, whereas the CRE is computed with the measurings inputted by the field instruments: the %CO in the gases is multiplied by the flow rate of the waste gases (expressed in Nm 3 /min) and divided by the Oxygen flow rate .
- This system is calibrated so as to avoid eventual instabilities due to the lag between the instrument response and the adjusting actions.
- the application of the abovedescribed method and system yields a reduction in the consumption of Silicon in the order of 10%, with peaks of up to the 25%, and a reduction of the process times in the order of the 4%, with peaks of up to 16%.
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