Industrial Energy Engineering instead recommended increasing the size of the cooling tower basin, simply expanding the size of a concrete tank. This effectively buffers the heat load over a greater volume and greater time and maintains a more consistent water temperature. Consistent water temperature was shown to prevent duct overheating, solvng the steelmakers problem and allowing full production of the plant.
A Steel Manufacturer has two Electric Arc Furnaces
with problems maintaining a high production rate due
duct overheating.
Industrial Energy Engineering evaluated the heat flux from the steelmaking operation and the heat
transfer to the water recycle cooling loop. Larger cooling towers, bigger pumps and additional
ooling ducts had been recommended by equipment vendors. These solutions were each viable,
but were ultimately rejected on the basis of cost.
Industrial Energy Engineering instead recommended increasing the size of the cooling tower basin,
simply expanding the size of a concrete tank. This effectively buffers the heat load over a greater
volume and greater time and maintains a more consistent water temperature. Consistent water
temperature was shown to prevent duct overheating, solvng the steelmakers problem and allowing
full production of the plant.
WATER BUFFER
Project 2442
RESULT
