Metallurgy, Vol. 41 No. 4, 2002.
Original scientific paper
The Profile of a Pusher-Type Furnace and Fuel Consumption
M. Kundak
J. Črnko
Đ. Nikolić
Abstract
Operating data for two pusher-type furnaces, old and new, of approximately identical length but having different longitudinal profiles were analysed. The old furnace had a partly inclined longitudinal profile and the new one had a rectangular longitudinal profile. Results of analysis showed a higher rate of specific fuel consumption for the old furnace than for the new one. To reduce the difference a possibility was considered of building in an air-preheating recuperator instead of relocating the burners and altering the longitudinal profile of the old furnace. Results of quantification demonstrated that by building a recuperator into the old furnace specific fuel consumption would greatly diminish and would become comparable to that of the new furnace.
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Hrčak ID:
128568
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Publication date:
1.10.2002.
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