LAUSR

Abstract The dynamic morphologies of a molten blast furnace slag droplet impacting a quartz glass surface are studied visually for a wide range of dimensionless initial temperatures (1.604–1.951), Reynolds numbers (17.4–124.4), and Weber numbers (197–1191). Five morphological evolution modes are defined based on the final stage of the slag film as deposition, receding, prompt-splashing, retraction-deposition and retraction-splashing. An impact regime map is established with the Reynolds number and dimensionless initial temperatures as the coordinates and six boundaries dividing the different modes are identified in the regime map. The apparent temperature nephograms of the slag film are extracted by a home-developed optical calibration method. The dynamic spreading processes and temperature distributions of the different regimes are not simply determined by the initial impact parameters, the coupling effect of the flow of the high-viscosity liquid slag and the heat transfer at the interface will obstruct the consecutive morphological evolution. The regulation principle for the centrifugal granulation system is promoted based on the analysis on an energy barrier for the sufficient spreading of the droplet and the impact regime map.