Abstracto

Finite Element Analysis of Induction Furnace for Optimum Heat Transfer

Nihar P Bara

The heat transfer characteristics of the composite wall of the induction furnace need to be evaluated for the efficient operation. The extrusion industries are keenly involved in improving their efficiency of the induction furnace to melt brass material by performing the modifications in the furnace and have modified the wall thickness of composite without prior computational calculation but purely based on their experience. The objective of the present work is to computationally validate the currently modified composite wall of induction furnace for required heat transfer using Finite Element Method (FEM) considering transient heat conduction and to perform the structural analysis for the determination of thermal stress in different working condition. The objectives are carefully selected to assist the extrusion industries to efficiently use their induction furnace by performing the computation work to fully understand its behaviour with different working condition