1. Simulated Experimental Assessment of a Laboratory-Scale Solar Convective Furnace System.
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Kumar, Vishwa Deepak, Chandra, Laltu, Mukhopadhyay, Sudipto, and Shekhar, Rajiv
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HEAT storage , *HEAT recovery , *HEAT treatment of metals , *FURNACES , *IN situ processing (Mining) , *CALORIMETRY - Abstract
Electricity and gas-based heat treatment of metal is an energy-intensive process. To mitigate the use of such high-grade energy, the concept of an open volumetric air receiver-based solar convective furnace (SCF) system is developed for the heat treatment of metal. This system includes an in situ waste heat recovery mechanism. This paper presents a Joule heating-based, controlled, experimental assessment of a laboratory-scale, retrofitted, SCF system for generating benchmark data. The reported measurements illustrate the heat transfer for (a) the charging and discharging process of thermal energy storage and (b) the two-stage heat treatment of metal with an in situ heat recovery process. The overall system efficiency, including heat recovery, heat storage, and heat transfer, is found to be 24%. Thus, the SCF system can serve as a viable alternative to an electrical energy-based heat treatment furnace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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