Construction of a kinetic equation of carbon removal for controlling steel melting in the metallurgical system “cupola furnace – small converter”

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2025.325695

Keywords:

cupola melting, converter, oxygen blowing, sharp blast in a cupola furnace, kinetic equations

Abstract

The object of research in the paper is the process of steelmaking in a small converter, which works in tandem with a cupola furnace.

The existing problem is that the control of the process of obtaining steel in an oxygen converter is complicated by the need to determine in real time the current chemical composition of the melt, in particular carbon. This is due to the fact that the rate of carbon removal is too high, as a result of which the process of carbon removal is transient. Therefore, it is too difficult to implement regulation based on feedback on continuous measurement.

The presence of the specified problem requires solutions related to the possibilities of developing or improving software control of the process.

It is shown that in certain sections of the process within each time section of oxygen purging of the melt in the converter, the kinetic curve has a linear form with a constant coefficient value in front of the inlet mine. But the value of the initial coefficient for each equation that describes the process within its limits changes. This allows to state that in case of a change in the initial condition, the kinetic curves shift relative to each other in parallel. On this basis, a system of equations has been constructed that describes the process of carbon removal in a small oxygen converter that receives liquid iron from a cupola furnace.

It has been shown that to use the obtained system of equations, it is necessary to know the initial carbon content in the melt discharged from the cupola furnace, and it depends on the method of oxygen supply to the cupola furnace. Based on the modeling of this process in two variants – using a “sharp blow” and supplying oxygen to the air blown into the tuyeres, a nomogram has been constructed. It allows to determine the initial carbon content for the practical use of the obtained system of equations.

Using the obtained system makes it possible to determine the time after which oxygen cutoff should be made. This will allow to decide to implement software control of the melt blowing process in the converter.

The presented study will be useful for machine-building enterprises that have foundry shops in their structure, where cast iron is smelted for the manufacture of castings.

Author Biographies

Dmytro Makarenko, National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”

Senior Lecturer

Department of Ecology and Technogenic Safety

Tetiana Selivorstova, Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Information Technology and Systems

Yuriy Dotsenko, Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Foundry Production

Iryna Osypenko, Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Foundry Production

Oleksandr Dzevochko, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department

Department of Technological Systems Automation and Environmental Monitoring

Alevtyna Pereverzieva, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”

Assistant

Department of Technological Systems Automation and Environmental Monitoring

Alona Dzevochko, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Technological Systems Automation and Environmental Monitoring

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Construction of a kinetic equation of carbon removal for controlling steel melting in the metallurgical system “cupola furnace – small converter”

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2025-04-04

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Makarenko, D., Selivorstova, T., Dotsenko, Y., Osypenko, I., Dzevochko, O., Pereverzieva, A., & Dzevochko, A. (2025). Construction of a kinetic equation of carbon removal for controlling steel melting in the metallurgical system “cupola furnace – small converter”. Technology Audit and Production Reserves, 2(1(82), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2025.325695

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Vol. 2 No. 1(82) (2025): Industrial and technology systems

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