Entrainment and post-combustion in oxygen jets under steelmaking and smelting/reduction conditions
Abstract
The mixing and reactions of an oxygen jet with a reducing carbon monoxide-hydrogen atmosphere were investigated through experimental measurements and mathematical modeling. A special furnace was designed in which a reducing atmosphere and heat were generated by combustion of methane and oxygen. A one-step, mixing controlled reaction model is developed to describe the reactions between oxygen and the entrained fuels. Mixing was also overrepresented in a two-dimensional model.