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The effects of flue-wall design modifications on combustion and flow characteristics of an aluminum anode baking furnace-CFD modeling

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  • Tajik, Abdul Raouf
  • Shamim, Tariq
  • Zaidani, Mouna
  • Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.

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A modern aluminum smelter has a capacity of 1–2 million tons of aluminum per annum which requires more than 0.5–1.0 million tons of heat treated (baked) carbon anodes per year. The anode baking process is very energy intensive, approximately requires 2 GJ of energy per ton of carbon anodes which will be approximately 1–2 million GJ of energy per year. Since the plant testing is very expensive, anode baking furnace modeling is imperative to investigate the effects of different operational and geometrical parameters on the furnace energy consumption.

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  • Tajik, Abdul Raouf & Shamim, Tariq & Zaidani, Mouna & Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K., 2018. "The effects of flue-wall design modifications on combustion and flow characteristics of an aluminum anode baking furnace-CFD modeling," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 207-219.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:230:y:2018:i:c:p:207-219
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.078
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