Energy and exergy analysis of a ladle furnace
Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, vol.42, no.4, pp.439-446, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 42 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2003
- Doi Number: 10.1179/cmq.2003.42.4.439
- Journal Name: Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.439-446
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: No
Abstract
In this work, the second law of thermodynamics is applied to the industrial ladle furnace (LF) with a capacity of 55-57 tons of melted steel to evaluate the physical exergy during the steel production process. A computer algorithm is developed to carry out the exergy analysis to the LF. The exergy efficiency of the ladle furnace is determined. As a result, loss exergy, exergies going into and out of the LF during the steel production process are identified and the ways of minimizing these losses in practice are discussed.