Experimental and numerical studies on the thermal analysis of the plate in indirectly fired continuous heat treatment furnace

Abstract

Experimental and numerical studies were performed by considering convective and radiative heat transfer to predict the transient thermal behavior of a plate in an indirectly fired continuous heat treatment furnace. The temperature profiles in the plate were determined by solving the transient one-dimensional heat conduction equation in conjunction with appropriate boundary conditions by using a time marching scheme. The results obtained from the transient analysis were substantiated by comparing with experimental results. Additionally, parametric investigations were performed to examine how the thermal behavior of the plate is affected by plate and refractory emissivities, charging temperature and residence time of the plate, gas temperature of the work and drive sides of the heat treatment furnace, and plate thickness.