Secondary Aluminum Melting Research in a Laboratory Scale Reverberatory Furnace
Conference
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OSTI ID:893074
The Albany Research Center (ARC), U.S. Department of Energy, has developed a 175-pound capacity, natural gas, direct-fired reverberatory furnace. The high temperature reactions present during the aluminum remelt process are being investigated. Preventing dross formation has been the key aim to date. Reducing losses to dross by 25-50% will potentially lead to an annual energy savings of over 75 trillion BTU's by the year 2020. Schematics and operation characteristics of the ARC Laboratory Scale Reverberatory Furnace (LSRF) will be presented. Potential gas-solid, gas-liquid, and liquid-solid interactions between the hot combustion gases, aluminum, and refractories will be discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Albany Research Center (ARC), Albany, OR
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Secat, Inc., Lexington, KY; USDOE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
- OSTI ID:
- 893074
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ARC-2003-015; 03-18-SEC; MOU-9901; MULT-00-SECAT-01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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