?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F505%2F&rft.title=A+two-phase+flow+model+for+the+cooling+of+steel+by+water+sprays&rft.creator=Fitt%2C+A.D.&rft.creator=Ockendon%2C+J.R.&rft.creator=Please%2C+C.P.&rft.subject=Materials&rft.description=Bao+Steel+in+Shanghai%2C+P.R..+China%2C+are+one+of+the+country's+major+producers+of+steel+by+the+continuous+casting+process.+As+the+hot+steel+is+drawn+from+the+casting+machine%2C+it+solidifies+from+its+edges+inwards.+To+complete+the+process+of+solidification+and+cool+the+hot+steel%2C+jets+of+water+are+sprayed+onto+the+surface+of+the+steel.+In+this+study+we+consider+a+two-phase+flow+model+for+the+heating+and+vaporisation+of+the+water+drops.+We+concentrate+in+particular+on+the+non-monotonicity+in+the+measured+heat+transfer+from+the+steel+as+a+function+of+the+steel+temperature.+The+result+of+the+model+is+that+the+vaporisation+of+a+single+drop+has+first+to+be+considered+and+the+resulting+behaviour+governs+the+mass+and+momentum+transfer+between+the+two+phases.+Some+simple+solutions+are+then+derived+for+the+resulting+system+of+ordinary+differential+equations.+It.+appears+that%2C+when+a+vapour+layer+is+present%2C+a+Stefan-type+problem+must+be+solved+to+determine+the+thickness+of+this+layer.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F505%2F1%2FCooling-of-steel-by-water-sprays.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fitt%2C+A.D.+and+Ockendon%2C+J.R.+and+Please%2C+C.P.++(2000)+A+two-phase+flow+model+for+the+cooling+of+steel+by+water+sprays.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++