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What are you researching?
I am trying to develop a numerical model for the flow in
the furnace during metal production, but with a focus on
the SiMn production process. The basis for the model is
a pilot scale SiMn experiment carried out in RD2, and I
am using thermodynamic and kinetic data from recent
experiments in my calculations.
Who is involved in your research?
The SiMn process is a focus area within the SFI, and I am
a part of a team of several students lead by RD2 leader
Professor Merete Tangstad and RD1 leader Arne Petter
Ratvik. Because of the focus on the project, there have
been some achievements within the field, and this is
where I got some of my modeling data.
Why is your research important?
A good numerical model of the process will give useful
information that will provide a deeper understanding of
experimental facility operations, whereas the experi-
mental observations are necessary to set up the model
correctly. If we understand what can be done better, we
might, for example, be able to alter the process so less
slag is produced and less raw material is wasted.
POSTDOC
SEBASTIEN LETOUT
Tell us about an interesting result.
The first step to model the reaction is to understand
the hydrodynamic inside the furnace. In this objective a
modeling of the slag flowing into the coke bed has been
done, to have an idea of both the size and the dynamic
of the droplets falling by gravity at the bottom of the fur-
nace through the coke bed, as seen in the Figure.
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