Design and operation of an experimental reverberatory aluminum furnace

P. E. King; M. C. Hayes; T. Li; Q. Han; M. Hassan; B. M. Golchert

Design and operation of an experimental reverberatory aluminum furnace

P. E. King
, M. C. Hayes
, T. Li
, Q. Han
, M. Hassan
, B. M. Golchert

Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Albany Research Center
University of Kentucky
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

The U. S. Dept. of Energy, Albany Research Center, in cooperation with industrial support through Secat, Inc. has designed, built and is operating a test-bed reverberatory furnace. Studies in the Albany Research Center (ARC) experimental reverberatory furnace (ERF) include melt efficiency as a function of combustion space volume, power input and charge alloy. This paper details the furnace design, experimental equipment, conditions, procedure, and measurements and includes results and discussions of melt efficiency studies. Specific results reported include an analysis of the overall efficiency of the furnace as a function of power input and the effect of changing the combustion space volume on the melting efficiency. An analytic analysis of the theoretical efficiency of the furnace is carried out to determine overall characteristics of the furnace. Experimental data is utilized to validate numerical (computational fluid dynamics) predictions.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Light Metals 2005 - Proceedings of the Technical Sessions Presented by the TMS Aluminium Committee
Editors	H. Kvande
Pages	899-904
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2005
Event	134th TMS Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 13 Feb 2005 → 17 Feb 2005

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Name	TMS Light Metals
ISSN (Print)	0147-0809

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Conference	134th TMS Annual Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	13/02/05 → 17/02/05

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Aluminum furnace
Aluminum melting
Energy efficiency
Furnace model

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Design and operation of an experimental reverberatory aluminum furnace. / King, P. E.; Hayes, M. C.; Li, T. et al.
Light Metals 2005 - Proceedings of the Technical Sessions Presented by the TMS Aluminium Committee. ed. / H. Kvande. 2005. p. 899-904 (TMS Light Metals).

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Design and operation of an experimental reverberatory aluminum furnace

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