2015
DOI: 10.3390/en8088945
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CFD Analysis of Regenerative Chambers for Energy Efficiency Improvement in Glass Production Plants

Abstract: Abstract:The overall efficiency of a regenerative chamber for a glass furnace mainly relies on the thermo-fluid dynamics of air and waste gas alternatively flowing through stacks of refractory bricks (checkers) determining the heat recovery. A numerical approach could effectively support the design strategies in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the current technology and hopefully suggest new perspectives of improvement. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) scheme for the regenerator is proposed, whe… Show more

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“…One technique for deriving the appropriate constants involves the use of the Ergun equation [18], applicable over a wide range of Reynolds numbers and for many types of packing. This correlation has been validated in several works dealing with packed bed [19][20][21], but also by the authors in applications of regenerative chambers [5,6] and thermal storage CSP [22]. The coefficients C1 and C2 have been defined as follows, Eq.…”
Section: Direct Methodsmentioning
confidence: 79%
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“…One technique for deriving the appropriate constants involves the use of the Ergun equation [18], applicable over a wide range of Reynolds numbers and for many types of packing. This correlation has been validated in several works dealing with packed bed [19][20][21], but also by the authors in applications of regenerative chambers [5,6] and thermal storage CSP [22]. The coefficients C1 and C2 have been defined as follows, Eq.…”
Section: Direct Methodsmentioning
confidence: 79%
“…This system has been optimized to reach high efficiency values thanks to several numerical and experimental studies [2][3][4]. The research team from the University of Genoa has gained relevant experience in the simulation of regenerative glass production plants [5][6][7], but also in gas recirculation strategies for the reduction of NOx emissions [8,9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, in case of WGR activation, an increase in the channel length implies an increase of the total heat transfer coefficients and a reduction of the volumetric heat transfer performance due to the reduction of the heat transfer surface. In conclusion, the WGR system, in addition to its primary function of NOx abatement [3,6] can increase the heat transfer performance of the regeneration system compared to the system without WGR.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to achieve a good effectiveness of the regenerative heat recovery system, it is necessary to provide a uniform flow distribution into the system starting from the chambers entrance [5][6][7][8].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The above situation will certainly affect the flow solution details from the CFD analysis with respect to the reference "ideal" case of a CAD design with sharp edges. The CFD approach has proven to be an effective tool for flow simulation inside components of industrial systems [5][6][7][8] and also enhanced CFD approaches with specific models for gas emissivity [6] and real gas effects [9] have been developed, especially for heat transfer or combustion applications. The paper is aimed at verifying the effects of the geometrical details of the edges on the flow structure to understand if the standard CFD approach with sharp edges is actually representative of the flow structure and if the above geometrical details need to be taken into account into the CFD based design strategy for glass production plant components.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%