EVALUATION OF STIRRING IN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES

58th Electric Furnace Conference and 17th Process Technology Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 223-233

  Guo, D ^a   Gu, L ^a   Irons, G A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric furnaces; foaming; mathematical modeling; oxygen lance; stirring

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544462755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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