In order to improve the material flow in the vertical cooling furnace of Shanghai Meishan Iron and Steel Co. , Ltd. , the optimization measures of edge‑center combined charging are proposed, and the discrete element method (DEM) is used to analyze the improvement effect of this measure on the material velocity distribution and flow pattern in the vertical cooling furnace. The results show that the edge‑center combined charging can change the velocity distribution law from the low‑velocity in the sidewall area and high‑velocity in the middle area and center area to high‑velocity in the sidewall area and center area and low‑velocity in the middle area. At the same time, the material flow pattern is changed from the original “U” type to “—” type. The minimum mass flow index of particles moving down is increased from 0.645 to 0.762, which improves the “mass flow” degree of material flow in the furnace. However, this charging method will cause serious segregation of large particles in the middle area. It is suggested to try to adjust the relative height of the edge and center charging pipes to balance the improvement of material flow and the increase of segregation.
Imf = 0.3可作为漏斗流和整体流的分界点.当Imf > 0.3时,烧结矿的流态为整体流,反之则为漏斗流.2种布料方式下,Imf分布如图6所示.可知2种布料方式下,颗粒均呈整体流流动.现有中间单一布料方式下,颗粒在料层底部取得Imf最小值0.645,整个料层的Imf为0.737.而对于边缘-中心混合布料,颗粒Imf最小值已提高为0.762,增幅为18.14%;整个料层的Imf平均值达到0.876,增幅为18.86%.可知边缘-中心混合布料能够提高烧结矿“整体流”程度.
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