简介：Basedontheprincipleofsimilarity,waterwasusedtosimulatetheflowofmoltensteeltoanalyzetheflowfieldinatundish.Severalschemesofthetundish’stracershapeweredesignedandcorrespondingwatermodelexperimentswereconducted.Duringtheexperiments,acomputerautomaticallycollecteddata.Thecomparisonoftheresidencetimedistribution(RTD)curvesdrawnaccordingtothecomputer-collecteddataoptimizedtheschemeandphotographsoriginatedfromtheexperimentswithinkasitstracer.Itindicatesthatthewatermodelcanoptimizetheflowfieldofthetundish.

简介：Thisstudyanalyzesthefactorsofinfluenceon0~#continuouscasterinNo.1SteelmakingPlantofXinjiangBayiIron&SteelCorporation(hereinafterreferredtoasBasteel).Diameteroftundishuppernozzleissmall,andthemoltensteelleakageaccidentshavebeengreatlymanifoldedinthehighcastingspeed.Inordertoincreaseyieldof0~#continuousecasterinNo.1SteelmakingPlantofXinjiangBayiIron&SteelCorporation,andaseriesofameliorationmeasurewasputforward.Throughenlargingdiameteroftundishuppernozzle(fromφ21mmtoφ21.5mm),afterthewaterdistributionofthesecondarycoolingwasoptimized.Basedonstabilizingthequality,improvingtheaveragecastingspeedandworkrateofthecaster,thecapacityofthebilletcontinuouscasterwasimproved.Abetterresultswasgained;theaveragecastingspeedhadbeenincreasedfrom3.04m/minto3.21m/min.Productionofthecasterhadbeenimprovedfrom1005179.926tin2008to1040853.075tin2009.Qualityoftheconcastingbilletsandproductionhadalsobeenstabilized.

简介：Duringtheingotcastingprocess,theparametricchangesofthemoltensteelpouringprocessoftencausebothingotsurfaceandinternalqualitydefects.Withtheincreasinglywideapplicationofcomputersinindustrialtechnology,numericalsimulationsofthemoltensteelpouringprocessenablepredictionsofthedefectsthatwillariseduringthepouringandsolidificationprocess,especiallyforthemoltensteelflowduringtheearlystagesofcasting.Inaddition,usingacomputertosimulatethecastingprocessofa40tingotandsolidificationcanpreventmanydefects.Thesimulationresultsindicatethatcontrollingthepouringspeedtolessthan80kg/s,hangingthecastingpowderinamoldwiththehangingheightmaintainedat100-150mm,andcontrollingthetaperangleofthemoldbrickoutlettoasuitablelevelcanreducetheprobabilityofslagentrapmentandimprovetheinternalandsurfacequalityoftheingot.

简介：BasedonthecharacteristicsofferriticSUS430heatinganddeformation,andcombinedwiththefeaturesofthe1780mmhot-rollingmill,aroughingmodelwasintroducedintwoaspects:optimizingtheroughrollingpassesandimprovingthewidthcontrolprecision.Throughreducingtheroughrollingpasses,theroughrollingtimecanbeshortened,theprecisionrollingstartuptemperaturecanberaisedandtheyieldofthehot-rolledproductscanbeincreased.Moreover,onthepremisethattheslabwidthfluctuationwasgreat,theprecisionofthewidthcontrolcanbeimprovedthroughoptimizingtheparametersofthehot-rollingwidthcontrolmodel.Theresultshowsthattheoptimizationandperfectionoftheoriginalrollingprocessofthestainlesssteel430seriesfurtherimproveditscapacityandproductquality.

简介：Baosteeldevelopedadigitalautomaticanalysistechniqueformaceralspecificationin2002.Thisanalysissystemcombinesdigitalimageprocessing,graphics,databases,expertsystems,artificialintelligenceandotheradvancedtechnologies.After6yearsofapplicationincokeproduction,thesystemproveditselfsuccessfulincoalqualitytestingandcoalblendingguidanceonmaceral.However,duringthislongprocess,someinadequacieswerefoundthatimpactedtheprecisionandaccuracyoftheanalysis.So,in2008Baosteelbegantoworkonimprovingthecoalmaceralanalysissystem.Theimprovementsincludedthefollowing:furtherupgradingandenhancingtheanalysisperformanceofmicroscopicimages;extendingthegraylevelstoincreasethereflectancemeasurementaccuracy64times;changingthefocusmethodandeffectivelyeliminatingtheinterferenceofhalo.Inaddition,animprovedimagerecognitionmethodwasadoptedtomaketheextractionofvitrinitemoreaccurateandanewmodelofcoalconstituentalgorithmwasaddedwhichcanaccuratelydeterminethecompositionofmaceral(exinite,vitrinite,inertinite).Sincetheseimprovementswerecompleted,thesystemhasachievedhigherautomation,speedandaccuracy,collectedmoreinformationandperformedmoreaccuratemaceralanalysisforcokeproduction.Meanwhile,theimprovedsystemhasprovidedareliableanalyticalbasisforthefurtherstudyontherelationshipbetweencokequalityandcoalblending.

简介：Furnaceareaisregardedaslooperbetweencastingandhotrolling,whichisveryimportantformaterialflowbalanceandproductionorganizationaswellastemperatureregulationetc.Inparticular,whendealingwithenergysavingandemissionreductionandheatingqualityimproving,pre_heatingfurnaceispaidmoreattention.Theradicaltargetforpreheatingfurnaceistotransferheatingenergyattheleastcost.Asweknow,thepreheatingfurnaceisadissipationsystemtoobeyconservationofenergylaw,thatistosaythatinputenergyalwaysequalstooutputenergy,inthemeantime,thewholeenergyconsumingisnotreversible.Thereforeincreasingtheefficiencyofusingenergyisuppermost.Inthispaper,heatingtransferefficiencyisanalysedandmathematicalexpressionisgivenbasedonconservationofenergylaw.Typicaloptimalmethodstoimprovepreheatingfurnacetransferefficiencycomingfromforeignfactoriesarepresented.Accordingtothesemethods,everyfurnacezonetemperaturesascontrolvariable,targetdischargingtemperatureandtemperaturedifferenceinslabthicknessandthetemperaturebetweenneighbouringzonesaswellaszonetemporarytemperatureasrestrictions,minimalenergyconsumingasoptimizingtarget.Baosteelpreheatingfurnacemodelstructureandthecomplicatedmappingrelationofcontrolparametersetandstatesetandaimsetarepresented.Importantbasicmodelsinthepreheatingfurnacemodelsystemareanalysedincludingtemperaturetrackingmodelandtemperatureforecastingmodelanddischargingpacingmodelandslabheatingcurve.Firstslabtemperaturemodelstructureanditsperiphericparameterareintroduced;secondtwopacingmodelsaregivenincludingtimingpacingmodeusingfixeddischargingintervalandmillpacingcontrolmodeusingmillrollingpacingwhileBaosteelpacingforecastingmodelusinglongtermandshorttermforecastingmode)isgiven;thirdaheatingcurvemathematicalmodelconsideringheatingqualityandrollingpaceandenergyconsumingispresented;

简介：Controlledcoolingtechnologyisgettingmoreandmoreattentionwiththedevelopmentofthermal-mechanicalcontrolprocess.Inthepastdecade,achievingthegivenfinishcoolingtemperaturewasthesolegoalforthetechnology.However,withtheresearchanddevelopmentofnewsteelssuchassuperhighstrengthsteel,researchershaveinrecentyearsrealizedthedeterminateeffectsthatdifferentcoolingpathshaveonthefinishcoolingtemperatureandpaidmoreattentiontothecontrolofthecoolingrate.Thispaperfocusesonnotonlytheoptimizationofthecontrolledcoolingsystemwithhighprecisionandfastcoolingrate,butalsotheresearchanddevelopmentofthehighstrengthsteelplatewithreducedalloyingcomponent.

简介：Amulti-objectiveoptimizationapproachfortherollshiftingstrategyincrossrollingcampaignsofhotstripmillsispresented.Theeffectofdifferentrollshiftingstrategiesonrollwearcontourisstudiedbynumericalsimulation,andtwoevaluationindexes,namelybodysmoothnessandedgesmoothness,areproposed.Theaveragebodysmoothnessandaveragerollingedgesmoothnessofallstripsinarollingcampaignaretakenastheobjectivefunctions,theshiftingpositionsofallwidestripsasthedecisionvariables,andthemulti-objectivemethodofNSGA-Ⅱastheoptimizer.Thusamulti-objectiveoptimizationmodelfortherollshiftingstrategyisbuilt.Thesimulationresultsshowthatworkrollshiftingcanmakewearcontoursmooth,andadish-shapedwearcontourwithoutseverelocalwearcanbeachievedbytherollshiftingstrategywithvaryingstroke.OptimizationexperimentationshowsthatbymeansofNSGA-Ⅱ,agoodPareto-optimalfrontcanbeobtained,whichsuggestsaseriesofalternativesolutionsforrollshiftingstrategyoptimization.Theexperimentationalsoshowsthatthereisaconflictbetweenthetwoobjectives.Finally,applicationcasesconfirmthefeasibilityofthemulti-objectiveapproach,whichcanimprovethestripprofile,reduceedgewavesandextendtherollingmilesofarollingcampaign.