Rapid simulation models for aluminium furnaces design
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2017-07-04
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The minimisation of energy consumption in aluminium metal casting industries requires an appropriate design of the furnaces to reduce as possible the heat losses through the walls. Detailed simulation models have been developed that allow the in-depth study of furnace behaviour, but these models are too complex and slow for some industrial necessities. To make possible a fast evaluation during preliminary phases more agile models are needed. This agility may be achieved by simplified models, but the results could be affected by a lack of accuracy. The work presented hereafter shows how the steady state analysis of the furnace walls with simplified models of finite elements may give sufficiently accurate and fast results. The simulation models have been validated against experimental results, thus confirming their ability to adequately reproduce the thermal behaviour of the walls of several furnaces regardless of their composition or heating system.
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Metal casting; furnace; aluminium; energy; heat transfer; numerical simulation; finite elements , Metal casting , Furnace , Aluminium , Energy , Heat transfer , Numerical simulation , Finite elements , Metal casting; furnace; aluminium; energy; heat transfer; numerical simulation; finite elements , Metal casting , Furnace , Aluminium , Energy , Heat transfer , Numerical simulation , Finite elements , Mechanics of Materials , Mechanical Engineering , Metals and Alloys , Project ID , info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/246335/EU/New Designs of Ecological Furnaces/EDEFU , info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/246335/EU/New Designs of Ecological Furnaces/EDEFU , Funding Info , This work has been developed as part of the EDEFU - New designs of Ecological Furnaces project, funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Cooperation Programme for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (FP7-NMP-2009-Large 3) [grant number 246335]. , This work has been developed as part of the EDEFU - New designs of Ecological Furnaces project, funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Cooperation Programme for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (FP7-NMP-2009-Large 3) [grant number 246335].
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Anglada , E , Vicario , I , de Landia , L , Mendizabal , G & Toledo , N 2017 , ' Rapid simulation models for aluminium furnaces design ' , International Journal of Cast Metals Research , vol. 30 , no. 4 , pp. 226-230 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13640461.2017.1286557