Exergy analysis and efficiency in an industrial AC electric ARC furnace

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2255-2267

  Çamdali, Ünal ^a   Tunç, Murat ^b  

^a DEVELOPMENT BANK OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electric arc furnace; Exergy; Exergy analysis; Second law analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; EXERGY; SPECIFIC HEAT; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SECOND LAW ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FURNACES;

EID: 0141843608     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00192-3     Document Type: Article

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