Investigation of Operational Effects on Slab Heating Characteristics in a Pusher-Type Reheat Furnace With Continuous Slab Motion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Liu ◽  
Guangwu Tang ◽  
Armin Silaen ◽  
Jeffrey Cox ◽  
Kurt Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Milling Process ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
Transient Heating ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Reheat Furnace ◽  
Continuous Slab

Reheat furnace is an important component in hot milling process consuming large amount of fuel and energy. In order to investigate the operational effects on slab temperature distribution, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to simulate the flow characteristics, combustion process, and multi-scale heat transfer inside a reheating furnace with continuous slab motion. ANSYS Fluent®, which is a mature commercial package, was used to conduct numerical simulation. The operation process was modeled with specific slab line-ups and fuel input conditions. The slab motion was modeled with dynamic mesh based on a transient heating process. The model was validated with measurement data at the ArcelorMittal hot rolling mill. The model aims to predict the temperature field in the furnace and the temperature evolution of the slab as it travels through the furnace.

Numerical Simulation and Optimization of a Carbon Monoxide Boiler

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangwu Tang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Simulation And Optimization

Carbon monoxide (CO) boilers play an important role in the petroleum refining industry, completing the combustion of CO in the flue gas generated by the regeneration of fluidized cracking catalyst. The heat released by the CO combustion is used to generate steam for use in the refinery. The flue gas flow path can have a significant effect on the thermal efficiency and operation safety of the boiler. In this paper, a CO boiler which had been experiencing low thermal efficiency and high operation risks was studied. A three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed with detailed description on the combustion process, flow characteristics and heat transfer. The results obtained from the model have good agreement with the plant measurement data. The heat transfer between the tubes and the combustion flue gas was optimized by adding a checker wall.

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Motorcycle Air Intake System Aerodynamics and Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Abd Halim ◽  
N. A. R. Nik Mohd ◽  
M. N. Mohd Nasir ◽  
M. N. Dahalan
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Turbulent Fluctuation ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Induction System ◽  
Acceleration And Deceleration

Induction system or also known as the breathing system is a sub-component of the internal combustion system that supplies clean air for the combustion process. A good design of the induction system would be able to supply the air with adequate pressure, temperature and density for the combustion process to optimizing the engine performance. The induction system has an internal flow problem with a geometry that has rapid expansion or diverging and converging sections that may lead to sudden acceleration and deceleration of flow, flow separation and cause excessive turbulent fluctuation in the system. The aerodynamic performance of these induction systems influences the pressure drop effect and thus the engine performance. Therefore, in this work, the aerodynamics of motorcycle induction systems is to be investigated for a range of Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM). A three-dimensional simulation of the flow inside a generic 4-stroke motorcycle airbox were done using Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver in ANSYS Fluent version 11. The simulation results are validated by an experimental study performed using a flow bench. The study shows that the difference of the validation is 1.54% in average at the total pressure outlet. A potential improvement to the system have been observed and can be done to suit motorsports applications.

CFD Analysis of Batch-Type Reheating Furnace With Regeneratve Burners

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wu ◽  
Tom Roesel ◽  
Andrew M. Arnold ◽  
Zhaojiang Xu ◽  
Eugene Arnold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Control Process ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Steel Production ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Reheating Furnace ◽  
Quality Control Process

A reheating furnace is a critical component in value-added steel production. These furnaces can have a significant impact on product quality and total cost. Due to the higher efficiency of regenerative burners, a growing number of reheating furnaces are using this technology. To better understand the regenerative burner operation, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis has been conducted to examine the transient and three dimensional flow characteristics in the No.3 reheating furnace at ArcelorMittal Steelton. Simulation results with traditional burners and regenerative burners have been analyzed to understand the effect of retrofitting a furnace with these more modern burners. The temperature distribution on the billets has also been monitored throughout the simulated heating process providing insight into the optimization of billet residence time and improvement of the product quality control process.

All-Mach Number Density Based Flow Solver for OpenFOAM

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Heinrich ◽  
Rüdiger Schwarze
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Upwind Schemes ◽  
Time Stepping ◽  
Computational Performance

A density-based solver for turbomachinery application is developed based on the central-upwind schemes of Kurganov and Tadmor using the open source CFD-library OpenFOAM. Preconditioning of Weiss and Smith is utilized to extend the applicability down to the incompressibility limit. Implicit residual averaging, bulk viscosity damping and local time stepping are employed to speed up the simulations. A low-storage 4-stage Runge-Kutta scheme and dual time-stepping are used for time integration. The presented solver is compared with results from ANSYS Fluent 13.0 and measurement data. Three different test cases are conducted to analyze different flow conditions: The circular bump for low and high speed inviscid flows and computational performance assessment, the two-dimensional VKI turbine guide vane for viscous flows and the the three-dimensional DLR high speed centrifual compressor validating the performance for rotating turbo-machinery. All three test cases show a very good agreement between OpenFOAM and ANSYS Fluent.

Simulation of an Industrial Tangentially Fired Boiler Firing Metallurgical Gases

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangwu Tang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Kurt Johnson ◽  
Albert Kirk ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Power ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Steel Mill ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Boiler Operation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Industrial Boilers

In industrial environments, boiler units are widely used to supply heat and electrical power. At an integrated steel mill, industrial boilers combust a variable mixture of metallurgical gases combined with additional fuels to generate high-pressure superheated steam. Most tangentially fired boilers have experienced water wall tube failures in the combustion zone, which are thought to be caused by some deficiency in the combustion process. The challenge faced in this present process is that there are very limited means to observe the boiler operation. In this study, a three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of an industrial tangentially fired boiler firing metallurgical gases was conducted. Simulation results obtained from the assembled CFD model were validated by industrial experiments. A quick comparison of the flame shape from the simulation to the actual flame in the boiler showed a good agreement. The flow field and temperature distribution inside the tangentially fired boiler were analyzed under the operation conditions, and a wall water tube overheating problem was observed and directly related to the flow characteristics.

The Influence of Transition on CFD Calculations of a Two-Stage Counter-Rotating Turbine

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bugra Akin ◽  
Wolfgang Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Correct Prediction ◽  
Two Stage

Accurate numerical simulations depend on the correct prediction of all relevant flow phenomena. For many aeronautical devices such as turbomachinery the behaviour of boundary layers, wall shear stress and wall heat transfer are significant for the performance. Turbulence and transition may influence such flow characteristics. Onset and the extent of transition can therefore be of high importance for the design process. In this paper three-dimensional steady-state simulations of a two-stage turbine with and without modeling of transition are performed. The configuration consists of a transonic high pressure turbine stage followed by an S-shaped turning mid turbine frame and a counter-rotating low pressure turbine rotor. The in-house Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes solver has been applied to this configuration with the correlation based γ–Reθ transition model developed by Menter et al. which has been added to the SST turbulence model. Also, calculations without transition with the SST and the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model have been performed. This configuration is also the subject of experimental investigations at the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics at Graz University of Technology, so that measurement data at two planes are used for the verification of the simulations. After verification and flow analysis, the results are also discussed to evaluate the effect of modeling transition phenomena. An analysis of the overall efficiency of the turbine and the efficiency losses in the blade and vane rows are finally presented.

Simulation of an Industrial Tangentially Fired Boiler Firing Metallurgical Gases

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangwu Tang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Kurt Johnson ◽  
Albert Kirk ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Power ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Steel Mill ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Boiler Operation ◽  
Industrial Boilers

In industrial environments, boiler units are widely used to supply heat and electrical power. At an integrated steel mill, industrial boilers combust a variable mixture of metallurgical gases combined with additional fuels to generate high-pressure superheated steam. Most tangentially fired boilers have experienced water wall tube failures in the combustion zone, which are thought to be caused by some deficiency in the combustion process. The challenge faced in this present process is that there are very limited means to observe the boiler operation. In this study, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of an industrial tangentially fired boiler firing metallurgical gases was conducted. Eddy dissipation combustion model was applied on this multiple fuel combustion process. Simulation results obtained from the developed CFD model were validated by industrial experiments. A quick comparison of the flame shape from the simulation to the actual flame in the boiler showed a good agreement. The flow field and temperature distribution inside the tangentially fired boiler were analyzed under the operation conditions, and a wall water tube overheating problem was observed and directly related to the flow characteristics.

Dynamic simulation of wind field in three-dimensional display space considering particle swarm algorithm fuzzy logic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Honglei Xu ◽  
Linhuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Dynamic Simulation ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Particle Swarm Algorithm ◽  
Three Dimensional Display ◽  
Swarm Algorithm ◽  
Synchronous Measurement

In order to improve the accuracy of dynamic detection of wind field in the three-dimensional display space, system software is carried out on the actual scene and corresponding airborne radar observation information data, and the particle swarm algorithm fuzzy logic algorithm is introduced into the wind field dynamic simulation process in three-dimensional display space, to analyze the error of the filtering result in detail, to process the hurricane Lily Doppler radar measurement data with the optimal adaptive filtering according to the error data. The three-dimensional wind field synchronous measurement data obtained by filtering was compared with three-dimensional wind field synchronous measurement data of the GPS dropsonde in this experiment, the sea surface wind field measurement data of the multi-band microwave radiometer, and the wind field data at aircraft altitude.

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