Journal of Northeastern University ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 397-400+443.DOI: -

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Numerical simulations of complex behaviors for the funnel shape mold with new type EMBR

Tian, Xi-Yan (1); Li, Ben-Wen (1); Zou, Fang (2); He, Ji-Cheng (1)   

  1. (1) Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (2) North China Power Engineering Co. Ltd., China Power Engineering Consulting Group, Beijing 100120, China
  • Received:2013-06-19 Revised:2013-06-19 Published:2013-04-04
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Abstract: A new type electromagnetic brake(EMBR) equipment was specially designed for the funnel shape mold and 3D models were built. Numerical simulations of the magnetic fields produced by the new type EMBR equipment were done with ANSYS, and the magnetic field data results were obtained. Subsequently, the magnetic field was coupled with the turbulent flow, the heat transfer and the solidification simultaneously by FLUENT. In the treatment of the magnetic field data, the linear interpolation by FORTRAN was adopted. The casting speed of 5.5 m/min with the depth of the submerged entry nozzle (SEN) of 300?mm was considered. A series of simulations were carried out to investigate the effects of the height of the magnet and the magnetomotive force on both the flow and the temperature fields. The results showed that due to the EMBR effects, the magnet height of 250 mm is much better than that of 300 mm. As for the parameters of the flow field in present work, the magnetomotive force of 8 kA·n is rational; the higher magnetomotive force may cost more unnecessary electrical energy.

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