Measurement of molten steel surface velocity with SVC and nail dipping during continuous casting process

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-58

  Liu, R ^a   Sengupta, J ^b   Crosbie, D ^b   Chung, S ^b   Trinh, M ^b   Thomas, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DOFASCO INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous casting; Meniscus instantaneous velocity; Nail boards; SVC

Indexed keywords

CASTING CONDITIONS; CASTING SPEED; CONTINUOUS CASTERS; CONTINUOUS CASTING PROCESS; DOFASCO; GAS VOLUME FRACTION; LIQUID STEELS; MENISCUS INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY; MOLTEN STEEL; PRODUCT QUALITY; SURFACE VELOCITY; SVC; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; TRANSIENT FLOW;

CONTINUOUS CASTING; MOLDS; PROCESS CONTROL; SENSORS; STEEL FOUNDRY PRACTICE; VELOCITY;

STEEL CASTINGS;

EID: 79960639048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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