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ISIJ International, Vol. 44 (2004), No. 8, pp. 1342–1349 Simulation of Oxygen Penetration and Decarburisation in EAF Using Supersonic Injection System Francesco MEMOLI, Carlo MAPELLI,1) Pietro RAVANELLI2) and Marco CORBELLA Techint S.p.A., Via Monte Rosa 93, 20149 Milano, Italy. 1) Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Via la Masa 34, 20156 Milano, Italy. 2) Tenaris Dalmine Meltshop, Piazza Caduti 6 Luglio 1944, 1, 4044 Dalmine (BG), Italy. (Received on February 13, 2004; accepted in final form on May 19, 2004) The supersonic jet generated by a Laval nozzle in air or in steel has been modelled to vary degrees of complexity and with different goals.1,2) This paper describes the application of our model to an injection system based on fixed lances, placed in the furnace walls without the help of CFD simulation, which is certainly very precise, but very time consum- ing and useless for an on line control. The approach followed here is energy-based and it allows estimating the depth reached by the O2 during its penetration within the slag and steel. It can be used for an on line control and for the whole description of the injection process. The calculation of a theoretical interface surface allows investigating the chemical process and the mass transport phenomena induced by the injection itself. This simulation can be used to investigate the required injection parameters to ensure the maximum mass exchange with the bath and to foresee new injection technologies performances. Moreover, this model of the supersonic injection allows the construction of a decarburisation model that can evaluate the effects and the efficiency of the inje