Abstract
Abstract
The topic of this paper is the study of inclusion properties and behaviour inside a ladle containing liquid steel. A new numerical tool tracks the size and the composition of inclusions during the oxygen removal and the steel refining. Commercial CFD codes (Fluent™), home‐made thermo‐kinetics code and population balance model have been associated to follow oxide precipitates. The long‐term scientific goal of this study consists in proposing actuators to prevent or to eliminate harmful inclusions based on results predicted by the numerical model.