Physical Simulation on Molten Steel Flow Characteristics of RH Vacuum Chamber with Arched Snorkels

Table 2

Parameters of the prototype and water model.

Item	Prototype (mm)	Water model for circular snorkels (mm)	Water model for arched snorkels (mm)
Diameter of ladle top	3077	564	564
Diameter of ladle bottom	2666	489	489
Height of ladle	3806	692	692
Inner diameter of vacuum chamber	1800	330	330
Height of vacuum chamber	10350	1000	1000
Internal diameter of circular snorkel	500	92	92
Internal diameter of arched snorkel	1800	330	330
Internal arc height of arched snorkel	500	92	92
Length of snorkels	1500	275	275
Inner diameter of gas injection nozzles	6	1.1	1.1
Distance between nozzles and bottom of vacuum chamber	550	100	100