ISSN: 0090-3973
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Experimental Determination of the Cooling Curve for Production of Continuous-Cast Steel Billets
Bailey, WH
Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Southern Colorado, CO

Abstract

Temperature measurements of 20-cm round, 10-m long, continuous-cast steel billets in the cooling stages of production were made using a contact thermocouple. Temperatures were measured from the time they reached the cross transfer on the cooling bed to a holding area across the street from the facility. A cooling curve derived from temperatures measured on the end of the billet was generated with the equation T = 467.29e^−.0001t

Keywords:
cooling curve, thermocouple, casting, steel, experimental

Paper ID: JTE11324J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE11324J
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