An attempt was made to utilize H
2 for the secondary refining in steelmaking process, because H
2 would react with [O] and [S] without any inclusions and accelerate the nitrogen removal from the molten steel. The 20 kg of plain carbon steel was melted in the induction furnace. The gases of Ar, N
2 and H
2 were injected from the bottom. The temperature was
ca. 1880K. The gas flow arte was 2.50 and 3.33×10
4m
3/s (stp). The results are summarized as follows.
(1) The rate of nitrogen remove by H
2, injection was 1.5 to 2.6 times larger than by Ar injection. The mechanism was (i) reduction of poisoning effect of [O], (ii) acceleration of mass transfer in the gas phase and (iii) finer bubble dispersion due to Marangoni effect.
(2) The deoxidation proceeded down to 6.0 ppm by H
2 injection. But this result was the sum of deoxidation by [C] and H
2. Taking into account of oxygen penetration from the outside of furnace, deoxidation by H
2 was evaluated. The H
2 bubbles leave the molten steel far from water vapor saturation. One reason is that the deoxidation process should be controlled not only by mass transfer in the molten steel but also that in gas phase. The other reason is the shallow molten steel bath.
(3) Neither desulfurization nor methane formation occurred by H
2 injection.
(4) The [H] content decreased down to less than 1 ppm by Ar injection for 420 s.
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