Modeling and simulation of an anode carbon baking furnace

“Modeling and simulation of an anode carbon baking furnace”

Authors: Ø. Gundersen and Jens G. Balchen,
Affiliation: NTNU, Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Reference: 1995, Vol 16, No 1, pp. 3-33.

Keywords: First principles modeling, distributed thermal batch process, heat transfer, combustion, pyrolysis

Abstract: The anode temperature profile in a Hydro Aluminium baking furnace is obtained by solving the three dimensional heat equation. The main heat transfer and chemical processes are taken into account. Due to symmetry, one half of a pit is modeled. Along the gas path, submodels are derived for the under-pit area, pit area and under-lid area. For the gas flow, a stationary model is derived, whereas the heat equations are dynamically solved. The numerical model is derived from the control volume formulation.

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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-1995-1-1,
  title={{Modeling and simulation of an anode carbon baking furnace}},
  author={Gundersen, Ø. and Balchen, Jens G.},
  journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
  volume={16},
  number={1},
  pages={3--33},
  year={1995},
  doi={10.4173/mic.1995.1.1},
  publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};

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“Modeling and simulation of an anode carbon baking furnace”