Process modeling of aluminum scraps melting in molten salt and metal bath in a rotary furnace

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 919-924

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Yang, Yongxiang ^a   Reuter, Markus A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminum Scrap Melting; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Process Modeling; Rotary Furnace

Indexed keywords

MOLTEN SALT; PROCESS MODELING; ROTARY FURNACES;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FURNACES; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; METAL MELTING; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NATURAL GAS; RECYCLING; SALTS; SCRAP METAL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442587804     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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