ISSN 0862-5468 (Print), ISSN 1804-5847 (online) 

Ceramics-Silikáty 62, (1) 86 - 96 (2018)


ROLE OF GLASS MELT FLOW IN CONTAINER FURNACE EXAMINED BY MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
 
Jebavá Marcela, Němec Lubomír
 
Laboratory of Inorganic Materials, joint workplace of the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague, and the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the ASCR, v.v.i., 182 09 Prague, Czech Republic

Keywords: Glass melting, Mathematical modeling, Energy distribution, Space utilization, Melting performance, Heat losses
 

The character of the glass melt flow in a regenerative container furnace was simulated by mathematical modeling under conditions of various energy distributions in the melting space with the application of electric boosting. The aim was the achievement of high melting performance and the decrease of heat losses. The results of the modeling have confirmed that the melting performance generally increased and heat losses decreased with the growth of the total amount of energy added to the batch region of the furnace. The amount of energy delivered to the furnace batch region moved between 30-60% of the total supplied energy; the melting performance then corresponded with 230-460 tons/day, and the specific heat losses were between 1450-2100 kJ/kg of glass. The energetic model of melt flows is presented providing the diagram of various flow characters.


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doi: 10.13168/cs.2017.0049
 
 
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