Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
(ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly)
2002   Vol. 3   No. 5   p.570-573

Foundation of three-dimensional mathematical models for glass furnace regenerator

SHEN Jin-lin(沈锦林)(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)  
SONG Chen-lu(宋晨路)(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)  
YAN Hui(颜晖)(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)  
GAN Hong-lin(甘洪霖)(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)  

Abstract:This paper presents a practical three-dimensional mathematical model of circulation and heat transfer in generator of glass melting furnaces. The model was based on the heat transfer between the smoke flow and the lattice units, and between the air flow and the lattice units. This model not only bypassed the difficulty of complicated computation of the heat transfer process in the regenerator of glass furnaces, but also avoided the irrationality of fixing the temperature distribution on the surfaces.Use of the model yielded very important data and also the method for the design of the regenerator of glass furnaces in practical production.
Keywords:Regenerator, Mathematical model, Gas flow, Temperature field

CLC Number:TB3  Document ID:A

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Manuscript Received:2001 Sept. 8

Manuscript Revised:2002 Feb. 27

Published:2002 Dec. 1