One of the main activities of the
Physical Process Modeling team is analysis, modeling and design of thermal devices.
This is a team specialized in design of resistance, chamber and blast furnaces. The materials published here discuss computational
procedures which simulate the transitional processes of heating. While not claiming a unique approach, we suggest that the operative sequence
developed by us for designer's practices affords a number of advantages, such as:
- Fewer hours of work. The use of software developed for specific business needs exempts the designer from computational work. The time to find a required construction is shorter with a data base of modern electric-resistance furnaces (ERF) already designed.
- Enhanced preciseness of work. There is no longer any need to deal with graphs or to account for criterial correlations when applying the suggested approach: using a model comprising a system of Differential Equation (DE), Finite Element Method (FEM) and realization by numerical methods.
- Integral methodology of work. Suffice it to use one model and computational procedure to determine the parameters of the ERF being designed: distribution of temperature in the chamber and in the insulation, temporal parameters of the transitional process, analysis of the parameters of the regulator, energy analysis, and optimization of the construction.
- Widely applicable design. The design thus realized could be used in the exploitation of the thermal assembly; the models developed could be incorporated into the passport of the furnace and serve for evaluation of the technological processes; they could also be used by non-specialists in designer's practice.
The
Physical Process Modeling team hopes that the materials presented by us will be useful for designers dealing with matters of this kind.
