About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2027 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2027
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| Presentation Title |
Impact of Burden Shape and Bath Level on Heating Efficiency within a Secondary Lead Reverberatory Furnace using Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Author(s) |
Nicholas J. Walla, Zachary Holmes, Armin K. Silaen, Jason Schirck, Chenn Q. Zhou |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Chenn Q. Zhou |
| Abstract Scope |
In the United States, over 70% of lead is produced using recycled/secondary lead. The recycling of lead is primarily done using secondary lead reverberatory furnaces. Due to high-temperature and corrosive internal environmental conditions, direct capture of data within reverberatory furnaces remains exceedingly difficult or expensive. Optimization of reverberatory furnace processes must typically be done through costly trials and retrofits. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), this work aims to reproduce the combustion gas space and the burden material with an industry reverberatory furnace to provide key operational performance data. A study is performed using three burden shapes and liquid bath heights to identify flame impingement on the burden surface and transient heating rates of the burden interior. These results correlate furnace setpoints and burden charge rates/patterns to burden heating performance and therefore productivity, enabling systematic understanding of furnace behavior under such conditions. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |