Numerical predictions on the influences of the air blast velocity, initial bed porosity and bed height on the shape and size of raceway zone in a blast furnace

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1301-1307

  Mondal, S S ^a   Som, S K ^a   Dash, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE FUELED FURNACES; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; VELOCITY CONTROL; VISCOSITY;

AIR BLAST VELOCITY; BLAST AIR; BULK VISCOSITY; CONSERVATION EQUATION;

BLAST FURNACES;

EID: 24144499353     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/8/030     Document Type: Article

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