| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Energy Technologies and CO2 Management
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| Presentation Title |
Solar Convective Furnace: System Dynamics and Operations Strategy |
| Author(s) |
Vishwa Deepak Kumar, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Rajiv Shekhar |
| Abstract Scope |
Heat treatment of aluminum is an energy-intensive process using fossil fuels, either directly or indirectly as electricity. To reduce the resulting greenhouse gas emissions and their detrimental effect on the environment, a novel open volumetric air receiver-based solar convective furnace (SCF) system has been developed. Extensive experiments and computations have demonstrated the feasibility of a SCF equipped with thermal energy storage. The overall system efficiency of ~24% is higher than that of a PV panel with batteries as storage. Preliminary investigations have been reported on the different modes of operating the solar convective furnace system. Subsequently, there is a need to develop a detailed operation strategy for daily operations. Considering these observations, this paper reports two important aspects of this system. One, the overall system dynamics in terms of the utilization of heat, and two, the strategy to operate the solar convective furnace in industry. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Energy Conversion and Storage, Aluminum, Environmental Effects |