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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.
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This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Ohchae Kwon
Young-Deuk Kim is a graduate student at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Maritime University in 2002 and his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Hanyang university in 2004. His current research areas are modeling of automotive aftertreatment catalysts, optimal design of thermal systems, and phase change modeling with free surface flow.
Deok-Hong Kang is a senior researcher at the RIST (Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology) in Pohang, Korea. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University in 1989 and 1993, respectively, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from POSTECH in 2004. His current research areas are mathematical modeling for combustion control, furnace optimization control system, and energy saving engineering in all kinds of furnaces.
Woo-Seung Kim is a professor in mechanical engineering at Hanyang University in Ansan, Korea. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 from Hanyang University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. His current research areas are modeling of automotive aftertreatment systems, inverse heat transfer problems, optimal design of thermal systems, and phase change heat transfer problems with free surface flow.
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Kim, YD., Kang, DH. & Kim, WS. Experimental and numerical studies on the thermal analysis of the plate in indirectly fired continuous heat treatment furnace. J Mech Sci Technol 23, 631–642 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-008-0904-9
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