| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 321, 2020
The 14th World Conference on Titanium (Ti 2019)
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| Article Number | 10003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 14 | |
| Section | Melting and Casting | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202032110003 | |
| Published online | 12 October 2020 | |
Characterization of the thermal flux transferred by the plasma arc to the surface of the liquid bath in the Plasma Arc Melting Cold Hearth Refining process (PAMCHR)
1 Institut Jean Lamour - UMR CNRS 7198, LabEx DAMAS, Université de Lorraine, 2 allée André Guinier, Campus Artem, 54000, Nancy, France
2 Aubert & Duval Les Ancizes 63770, Les Ancizes Cedex BP1, France
3 Safran Tech - Rue des Jeunes Bois, Châteaufort, 78772, Magny-les-Hameaux, France
4 MetaFensch 109 Rue De Thionville, 57270, Uckange, France
Europe is a major provider of titanium scrap but until now there has been no european facility dedicated to the production of aeronautical quality titanium alloys by recycling. UKAD, a joint-venture between Aubert & Duval and UKTMP, ADEME and Crédit Agricole Center France, created the company EcoTitanium, where the recycling of machining scraps is achieved using the Plasma Arc Melting Cold Hearth Refining (PAMCHR) process with the aim of producing such alloy ingots.
The determination of the heat flux transferred from the plasma column to the surface of the liquid bath is an important issue needed for the development of a future 3D process modeling based on Ansys-Fluent CFD software. With this preliminary aim of predicting the heat flux, a study coupling pilot furnace testing and numerical modeling has been performed. Melting tests were carried out in a pilot PAMCHR furnace in MetaFensch, with a stationary torch. In parallel, the different contributions of the heat flux transferred to the surface of the liquid bath were identified and implemented in a simple 2D axisymmetric heat transfer model. Numerical results are compared to the experimental measurements, in order to define the heat flux transferred from the plasma torch.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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