Table 1 Thermophysical properties of materials used in the computations.

From: Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics analysis of an electric submerged arc furnace

Properties

Slag

Ferronickel

Electrodes

Firebricks

Density [kg/m3]

7.48 × 10−8T3–3.799 × 10−4T2 + 0.25704 T + 3294.203

7000

1800

2300

Viscosity [kg/(m s)]

5 × 1013 T−4.776

0.005

Heat capacity [J/(kg K)]

1700

525

1800

1000

Thermal conductivity [W/(m K)]

1

15

18

1.22

Electrical conductivity [S/m]

5.34 (Τ < Τmelt)

427.32 – 0.866 T + 0.000515 T2 − 7.57E − 8T3 (T > Tmelt)

1E6−330.83 T

25,000

0.01

Solidus temperature [K]

1420

1570

Liquidus temperature [K]

1450

1600

Latent heat [J/kg]

400,000

290,000

  1. The slag properties were determined via MD simulations21 while for the ferronickel, electrode and firebrick domains they were obtained from the literature11,23,24,25,26,27,28,29. A graphical representation of the density, viscosity and electrical conductivity is given in Appendix 1.