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Heat transfer from glass melt to cold cap: Computational fluid dynamics study of cavities beneath cold cap
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SYSNO ASEP 0541193 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Heat transfer from glass melt to cold cap: Computational fluid dynamics study of cavities beneath cold cap Author(s) Abboud, A.W. (US)
Guillen, D.P. (US)
Hrma, P. (US)
Kruger, A.A. (US)
Kloužek, Jaroslav (USMH-B) RID, ORCID, SAI
Pokorný, Richard (USMH-B) ORCIDNumber of authors 6 Source Title International Journal of Applied Glass Science. - : Wiley - ISSN 2041-1286
Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021), s. 233-244Number of pages 12 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords cold cap ; computational fluid dynamics ; foaming ; glass batch melting ; heat transfer ; waste glass melter Subject RIV JH - Ceramics, Fire-Resistant Materials and Glass OECD category Ceramics Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support USMH-B - RVO:67985891 UT WOS 000604271500001 EID SCOPUS 85099012449 DOI 10.1111/ijag.15863 Annotation Efficient glass production depends on the continuous supply of heat from the glass melt to the floating layer of batch, or cold cap. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are employed to investigate the formation and behavior of gas cavities that form beneath the batch by gases released from the collapsing primary foam bubbles, ascending secondary bubbles, and in the case of forced bubbling, from the rising bubbling gas. The gas phase fraction, temperature, and velocity distributions below the cold cap are used to calculate local and average heat transfer rates as a function of the bubbling rate. It is shown that the thickness of the cavities is nearly independent of the cold cap shape and the amount of foam evolved during batch conversion. It is similar to 7 mm and up to similar to 15 mm for the cases without and with forced bubbling used to promote circulation within the melt, respectively. Using computed velocity and temperature profiles, the melting rate of the simulated high-level nuclear waste glass batch was estimated to increase with the bubbling rate to the power of similar to 0.3 to 0.9, depending on the flow pattern. The simulation results are in good agreement with experimental data from laboratory- and pilot-scale melter tests. Workplace Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics Contact Iva Švihálková, svihalkova@irsm.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 009 216 Year of Publishing 2022 Electronic address https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijag.15863
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