Modelling and Optimisation for Competitive Continuous Casting

Code

L2-5387 (C) - included in ARIS records

Head

PhD Božidar Šarler

Period

1/1/2003 - 12/31/2005

Range in 2005

1.18 FTE

Science

Natural sciences and mathematics (1)
Engineering sciences and technologies (5)

Reseacher status

Researcher (6)
Junior expert or technical associate (0)

Education

Doctor's degree (3)
Master's degree (1)
Other (2)

Sex

Man (6)

Status

Employed at RO and RRD (3)
No data on employment in RO (3)

No. of publications

0 (1)
10–99 (3)
100–999 (1)
1,000–9,999 (1)

Projects / Programmes source: ARIS

source: ARIS

Modelling and Optimisation for Competitive Continuous Casting

Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
2.13.00	Engineering sciences and technologies	Process engineering

Code	Science	Field
T150	Technological sciences	Material technology
T130	Technological sciences	Production technology
T200	Technological sciences	Thermal engineering, applied thermodynamics
T125	Technological sciences	Automation, robotics, control engineering

Keywords

D.C. casting, continuous casting, aluminium, steel, transport phenomena, computational modelling, simulation, optimisation

Evaluation (rules)

source: COBISS

Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology

Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases

source: WoS

source: Scopus

source: COBISS

Researchers (6)

no.	Code	Name and surname	Research area	Role	Period	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	15259	PhD Jure Mencinger	Computer intensive methods and applications	Researcher	2003	43
2.	20174	Janez Perko	Process engineering	Researcher	2005	54
3.	25660	MSc Simo Šaletić	Process engineering	Junior researcher	2005	0
4.	04101	PhD Božidar Šarler	Process engineering	Head	2003 - 2005	1,102
5.	23018	PhD Robert Vertnik	Manufacturing technologies and systems	Technical associate	2003 - 2005	222
6.	22613	Miha Založnik	Materials science and technology	Junior researcher	2003 - 2005	67

Organisations (1)

no.	Code	Research organisation	City	Registration number	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	1540	University of Nova Gorica	Nova Gorica	5920884000	14,070

Abstract

The proposed project continues our long-term efforts for modernization of continuous casting in Slovenia. These efforts involve improvements of process monitoring and control, better understanding of the process, and process optimisation with the goals of reducing energy consumption and environmental impacts as well as improving product quality. The focus of this project is in development of the-state-of-the-art interdisciplinary knowledge and its industrial application towards improvement of the product quality, which is a principal requirement for process competitiveness. This project forms a part of the coordinated European research project in the field of materials COST-526 APOMAT where a computer system for automatic optimisation of process parameters in semicontinuous casting of aluminium alloys and continuous casting of steel will be developed. The system will include a database of material properties of steels and aluminium alloys, a computational model of the system, metallurgical cooling criteria, the optimisation problem and the solution method. The computational model of transport phenomena in the strand will be complemented by modules for simulation of velocity and species (macrosegragation) fields. The computer system will be used to upgrade the process monitoring and control systems that were developed and implemented in recent years based on our own expertise. Such systems are currently installed in the IMPOL aluminium casting plant and INEXA-ŠTORE and SŽ-ACRONI steel casting plants in Slovenia and partner plants in Europe. The proposed project will help the plant process engineers to understand and properly set the optimum casting parameters of existing formats and qualities as well as efficiently design the casting of new products.