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6 Citations

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Analysis of a New SEN Design with an Inner Flow Divider

Jesus Gonzalez-Trejo,
Ruslan Gabbasov,
Jose Raul Miranda-Tello,
Ignacio Carvajal-Mariscal,
Francisco Cervantes-de-la-Torre,
Florencio Sanchez-Silva and
Cesar Augusto Real-Ramirez

Metals2021, 11(9), 1437;https://doi.org/10.3390/met11091437

11 September 2021

To minimize the product imperfections due to slag entrapment and surface defects, the fluid flow pattern inside the mold must be symmetric, commonly named double-roll flow. Thus, the liquid steel must enter into the mold evenly distributed. The subme...

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22 Pages

Experimental Analysis of the Influence of the Sliding-Gate Valve on Submerged Entry Nozzle Outlet Jets

Jesus Gonzalez-Trejo,
Raul Miranda-Tello,
Ruslan Gabbasov,
Cesar A. Real-Ramirez and
Francisco Cervantes-de-la-Torre

Fluids2024, 9(1), 30;https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9010030

20 January 2024

This work studies how the sliding-gate valve (SGV) modifies the features and the dynamic behavior of the outlet jets for flat-bottom and well-bottom bifurcated submerged entry nozzles (SENs) used in continuous casting machines. Three conditions for t...

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Mesoscopic Fluid-Particle Flow and Vortex Structural Transmission in a Submerged Entry Nozzle of Continuous Caster

Peng Zhao,
Rongxun Piao and
Zongshu Zou

Materials2022, 15(7), 2510;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15072510

29 March 2022

Understanding the essence of the flow oscillations within a submerged-entry nozzle (SEN) is essential to control flow patterns in the continuous casting mold and consequently increase the superficial quality of steel products. A numerical study of th...

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Process Diagnosis of Liquid Steel Flow in a Slab Mold Operated with a Slide Valve

Jafeth Rodríguez-Ávila,
Carlos Rodrigo Muñiz-Valdés,
Rodolfo Morales-Dávila and
Alfonso Nàjera-Bastida

Crystals2020, 10(11), 1035;https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10111035

13 November 2020

Slab molds receive liquid steel from the tundish through bifurcated submerged entry nozzles (SEN) using a slide valve as throughput control. Due to the off-centering position of the three plates’ orifices that conform to the valve to control th...

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Design and Optimization of the Internal Geometry of a Nozzle for a Thin-Slab Continuous Casting Mold

Fernando S. Chiwo,
Ana del Carmen Susunaga-Notario,
José Antonio Betancourt-Cantera,
Raúl Pérez-Bustamante,
Víctor Hugo Mercado-Lemus,
Javier Méndez-Lozoya,
Gerardo Barrera-Cardiel,
John Edison García-Herrera,
Hugo Arcos-Gutiérrez and
Isaías E. Garduño

Designs2024, 8(1), 2;https://doi.org/10.3390/designs8010002

22 December 2023

Understanding the phenomena that cause jet oscillations inside funnel-type thin-slab molds is essential for ensuring continuous liquid steel delivery, improving flow pattern control, and increasing plant productivity and the quality of the final prod...

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