Kinetics of steel melting in carbon-steel alloys

For the melting of scrap metal in baths with a high carbon content, in which the melting temperature lies below the bath temperature, a model is being developed which is based on the coupling of mass and heat transfer. It will be shown that the mass transport determines the melting rate only for very low bath temperatures. Furthermore, it will be discussed how the melting efficiency is influenced by the supplied energy flow and mass transfer in the bath.