Effect of EMBr on Flow in Slab Continuous Casting Mold and Industrial Experiment of Nail Dipping Measurement

In this study, a funnel mold (FM) model of a multi-mode electromagnetic braking (EMBr) device was developed, and the magnetic flux density at different currents was obtained by MAXWELL software. By using the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) module of FLUENT software, the volume of fluid binomial flow turbulence model and the EMBr mathematical model of the steel/slag flow field were coupled, and the characteristics of the molten steel flow and the liquid-level fluctuation in the 1520 mm x 90 mm FM with the casting speed of 6 m/min were calculated under the effect of the electromagnetic field. The FM liquid-level characteristic information under production conditions was obtained in a nail board industrial experiment and compared with the magnetic-fluid coupling model. The results show that the EMBr can significantly change the flow behavior of molten steel. When the magnetic pole current is not less than 800-600 A, the maximum liquid-level fluctuation height decreases from 18 mm without EMBr to less than 5 mm, and the liquid-level cannot easily entrap slag. Considering the EMBr effect and production cost, the reasonable magnetic pole current should be 800-600 A. The reliability of numerical simulation was also verified by the industrial test results of the nail board.