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Method for controlling cooling of steel sheet

US7938917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2005
Grant dateMay 10, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21D9/573
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for controlling the cooling of a steel sheet characterized by controlling the end-of-cooling temperature in a cooling process from the Ae3 or above temperature of the steel sheet, during which; preliminarily obtaining enthalpies (Hγ and Hα) of an austenite phase and ferrite phase respectively at some temperature, obtaining a gynamic enthalpy (Hsys) defined by formula (1) with an untransformed fraction (Xγ) of austenite in accordance with a target temperature pattern, predicting the temperature by using a gradient of this dynamic enthalpy with respect to temperature as a dynamic specific heat and controlling the cooling of the steel sheet:Hsys=Hγ(Xγ)+Hα(1−Xγ).  formula (1)

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