Development of a first-principles hybrid model for large-scale reheating furnaces

Yukun Hu, Ck Tan, Jonathan Broughton and Paul Alun Roach

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 173, issue C, 555-566

Abstract: This paper details the development of a first-principles hybrid model capable of simulating transient thermal performances of a large scale reheating furnace. In particular, the new modelling approach combines the advantages of the classical zone method of radiation analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in a robust manner, and overcomes the difficulties of incorporating three-dimensional flow field within a zone method based model. The developed model has been validated with comprehensive experimental data collected during an instrumented bloom trial period that includes a long production delay. The results suggest that the model predictions were in good agreement with the actual measurements, and that the model was able to respond correctly with respect to the encountered production delay during the trial.

Keywords: Zone methods; Isothermal CFD; Reheating furnace; Dynamic flow pattern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.011

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