Numerical modeling of an industrial aluminum melting furnace

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-81

  Nieckele, Angela O ^a   Naccache, Mônica F ^a   Gomes, Marcos S P ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 D Numerical Simulation; Aluminum Melting Furnace; Combustion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL MELTING; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ALUMINIUM MELTING FURNANCE; ALUMINIUM RECYCLING FURNANCE; COMBUSTION FLOW FIELDS;

HEATING FURNACES;

EID: 8744306945     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1625396     Document Type: Article

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