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The performance of current oxy-fuel combustion technology for secondary aluminum melting

Conference ·
OSTI ID:372096
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  1. BOC Gases, Murray Hill, NJ (United States)
Higher thermal efficiency, lower exhaust gas flows, and lower superstructure temperatures have contributed to more widespread cost-effective use of oxygen-based firing. Operating characteristics of oxy-fuel firing are compared with air-fuel firing for the secondary melting of aluminum scrap. Typical performance gains resulting from oxy-fuel firing are established for rotary, reverberatory and well-type aluminum furnaces. Representative examples are presented in detail. The improvements in thermal performance of a non-axisymmetric self-cooling oxy-fuel burner providing uniform heat transfer to larger melt areas are demonstrated for aluminum furnaces.
OSTI ID:
372096
Report Number(s):
CONF-960202--; ISBN 0-87339-312-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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