Mathematical modelling of the process of melting alloys of the Si-Cr-Ni-Fe system in the iron-carbon melt

Abstract

The process of melting of the Si-Cr-Ni-Fe ferroalloys in the iron-carbon melt under static conditions was studied using the method of mathematical modelling. It was found that the melting process takes place in three stages. The effect of silicon concentration and the initial size of a piece of alloy on the duration of each stage of alloy melting is revealed. It was shown that an increase in the silicon content from 6 to 40 % in the complex ferroalloy of the 50 mm fraction containing ∼ 27 % Cr and ∼ 12 % Ni leads to a decrease in the total melting time of the alloys from 67 to 30 seconds at the iron-carbon melt temperature of 1600 °C. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.