Integrated Modeling of Tundish and Continuous Caster toMeet Quality Requirements of Cast Steels

摘要

Mathematical modeling has been used extensively by the steel industry to optimize individual unit operations such as tundish and caster to address productivity and quality related issues of the plant. This approach has worked well for various plants to some extent. However, there are major limitations to this 'Silo' based approach. The operation of continuous casting is interlinked with the transient nature of tundish operation which gives rise to the need to develop an integrated modeling framework to provide optimum solutions for productivity and quality related issues to meet the requirements of down stream processes. Some of the highlights of this integrated modeling approach are presented in this paper. A new meth