Under the background of achieving energy efficiency and carbon reduction,the use of Continuous Casting-Direct Hot Charging Rolling(CC-DHCR)technology was explored at the Hot Rolling Plant of Baosteel,China.As temperat...Under the background of achieving energy efficiency and carbon reduction,the use of Continuous Casting-Direct Hot Charging Rolling(CC-DHCR)technology was explored at the Hot Rolling Plant of Baosteel,China.As temperature variation and temperature uniformity directly affect the rolling quality of the billet,numerical simulations of the billet temperature profile changes in the CC-DHCR were conducted at the start of the industrial trial,and the billet temperature distribution and cross-section temperature difference during its transportation and throughout the heating process were analyzed.According to numerical simulation calculations,the average temperature of billet discharged from the heating furnace was 1150℃,which after subsequent controlled cooling met the final rolling temperature requirements of(880±30)℃for this kind of steel.The maximum temperature difference of the billet discharged from the furnace was within 35 K,which meets the billet heating uniformity requirements of the rolling process.The simulation results were compared with experimental results,and the rationality of the simulation was validated.In addition,the industrial trial billet was rolled,and the rolling quality was good during tracking.In this CC-DHCR industrial trial,the fuel consumption was 28.6 kgce/t(kilogram coal equivalent per ton),a reduction of 33.7%compared with the current traditional process,and CO 2 emissions were reduced by 38.09 kg/t.展开更多
文摘Under the background of achieving energy efficiency and carbon reduction,the use of Continuous Casting-Direct Hot Charging Rolling(CC-DHCR)technology was explored at the Hot Rolling Plant of Baosteel,China.As temperature variation and temperature uniformity directly affect the rolling quality of the billet,numerical simulations of the billet temperature profile changes in the CC-DHCR were conducted at the start of the industrial trial,and the billet temperature distribution and cross-section temperature difference during its transportation and throughout the heating process were analyzed.According to numerical simulation calculations,the average temperature of billet discharged from the heating furnace was 1150℃,which after subsequent controlled cooling met the final rolling temperature requirements of(880±30)℃for this kind of steel.The maximum temperature difference of the billet discharged from the furnace was within 35 K,which meets the billet heating uniformity requirements of the rolling process.The simulation results were compared with experimental results,and the rationality of the simulation was validated.In addition,the industrial trial billet was rolled,and the rolling quality was good during tracking.In this CC-DHCR industrial trial,the fuel consumption was 28.6 kgce/t(kilogram coal equivalent per ton),a reduction of 33.7%compared with the current traditional process,and CO 2 emissions were reduced by 38.09 kg/t.