Hydraulic Model Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Bottom-Blowing Copper Smelting Furnace

A hydraulic model is used to study the flowing process within a bottom-blowing furnace designed by a company, and the VOF model is adopted to simulate its process. The VOF method can describe the formation, growing up and separation actions in theorizing process by comparing the simulation and experimental results, and this is a foundation of using a model to research the thermal process of the bottom-blowing furnace. It is indicated that a nozzle with disperse spouts can stir a larger zone, by comparing the influence on flowing process of four nozzles with different structures. The disperse spouts are benefit to increase the stirring and reaction efficiencies, but the pressure fluctuations near the nozzle export is more obvious, and it may affect the lifespan of the nozzle.