Thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component slag systems

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title = "Thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component slag systems",
abstract = "In the course of this thesis, solid-liquid phase transformations in metallurgical slag systems are investigated. A thermodynamic software package is developed that can be used together with a thermodynamic database to calculate thermochemical equilibrium conditions and simulate the kinetics of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component, multi-phase systems. In order to gain a better understanding of the rate-determining processes, key experiments using High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (HT-CSLM) are performed. The experimental observations are complemented and interpreted by numerical modelling. The dissolution kinetics of various oxide particles in multi-component slags is predicted for the case that the interdiffusivity matrix is known. The combination of thermodynamic modelling and key experiments reveals the physical processes limiting the kinetics of the solid/liquid phase transformations. The kinetics of the dissolution of solid particles in multi-component slags appears to be diffusion controlled, where convection is considered by a decreased boundary layer thickness.",
keywords = "steelmaking, multi-component slags, dissolution, CALPHAD, thermodynamics, modelling of phase transformations, steelmaking, multi-component slags, dissolution, CALPHAD, thermodynamics, modelling of phase transformations",
author = "Daniel Ogris",
note = "no embargo",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.34901/mul.pub.2023.285",
language = "English",
school = "Montanuniversitaet Leoben (000)",

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T1 - Thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component slag systems

AU - Ogris, Daniel

N1 - no embargo

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - In the course of this thesis, solid-liquid phase transformations in metallurgical slag systems are investigated. A thermodynamic software package is developed that can be used together with a thermodynamic database to calculate thermochemical equilibrium conditions and simulate the kinetics of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component, multi-phase systems. In order to gain a better understanding of the rate-determining processes, key experiments using High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (HT-CSLM) are performed. The experimental observations are complemented and interpreted by numerical modelling. The dissolution kinetics of various oxide particles in multi-component slags is predicted for the case that the interdiffusivity matrix is known. The combination of thermodynamic modelling and key experiments reveals the physical processes limiting the kinetics of the solid/liquid phase transformations. The kinetics of the dissolution of solid particles in multi-component slags appears to be diffusion controlled, where convection is considered by a decreased boundary layer thickness.

AB - In the course of this thesis, solid-liquid phase transformations in metallurgical slag systems are investigated. A thermodynamic software package is developed that can be used together with a thermodynamic database to calculate thermochemical equilibrium conditions and simulate the kinetics of solid-liquid phase transformations in multi-component, multi-phase systems. In order to gain a better understanding of the rate-determining processes, key experiments using High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (HT-CSLM) are performed. The experimental observations are complemented and interpreted by numerical modelling. The dissolution kinetics of various oxide particles in multi-component slags is predicted for the case that the interdiffusivity matrix is known. The combination of thermodynamic modelling and key experiments reveals the physical processes limiting the kinetics of the solid/liquid phase transformations. The kinetics of the dissolution of solid particles in multi-component slags appears to be diffusion controlled, where convection is considered by a decreased boundary layer thickness.

KW - steelmaking

KW - multi-component slags

KW - dissolution

KW - CALPHAD

KW - thermodynamics

KW - modelling of phase transformations

KW - steelmaking

KW - multi-component slags

KW - dissolution

KW - CALPHAD

KW - thermodynamics

KW - modelling of phase transformations

U2 - 10.34901/mul.pub.2023.285

DO - 10.34901/mul.pub.2023.285

M3 - Doctoral Thesis

ER -