Method for preventing nitrogen increase of molten steel in LF (Ladle Furnace) refining process by top-blowing argon gas

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of a metallurgical technology, particularly provides a method for preventing nitrogen increase of molten steel in LF (Ladle Furnace) refining process by top-blowing argon gas. In the LF refining process, pure argon is top blown with an LF top-blow argon gun or an LF accident argon gun at a site 140-170mm from the surface of molten steel at a flow rate of 20-80NL/min to create an inert gas environment, so as to stably control the amount of nitrogen increase smaller than 5ppm. The method of the invention has the following advantages: low-slag refining is adopted to reduce cost; the requirement for operation is simple; the impact on process is low; the original LF accident argon gun is utilized, so that no equipment needs to be additionally provided; the refining time needs not to be deliberately compressed in order to reduce nitrogen absorption, other refining effects are not influenced, and the quality of molten steel is improved; and the method has significant social and economic benefits.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of metallurgical technology, and in particular provides a method for preventing nitrogen increase in molten steel during LF refining by top blowing argon. Background technique [0002] The nitrogen content in the steel affects various properties of the steel, such as cold bending performance, impact toughness, etc. With the higher and higher material performance requirements, the demand for low nitrogen steel is increasing, and the nitrogen content in the steel is required to be ≤50ppm (mass score, 10 -4 %). In order to produce low nitrogen steel, tighter control of the nitrogen content of the steelmaking process is required. Many of the current steelmaking processes use LF furnace refining, but a big problem in the LF furnace refining process is the nitrogen increase in molten steel caused by exposure of molten steel to air and arc ionized air. In order to prevent the nitrogen increase in the LF process At present...

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Problems solved by technology

Many of the current steelmaking processes use LF furnace refining, but a big problem in the LF furnace refining process is the nitrogen increase in molten steel caused by exposure of molten steel to air and arc ionized air. In order to prevent the nitrogen increase in the LF process At present, the more commonly used technology is the foam slag submerged arc operation technology, but this technology requires a large amount of slag, increases the cost, is not conducive to operation, and the effect is unstable, generally still increases by 5-20ppm, or even more

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