1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 INDUSTRIAL FURNACES 9 10 11 12 [First Pa 13 14 [-1], (1) 15 16 17 Lines: 0 18 ——— 19 434.98 * 20 ——— 21 Normal 22 * PgEnds: 23 24 25 [-1], (1) 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Industrial Furnaces, Sixth Edition. W. Trinks, M. H. Mawhinney, R. A. Shannon, R. J. Reed and J. R. Garvey Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CHRONOLOGYofTrinksandMawhinneybooksonfurnaces 9 10 INDUSTRIALFURNACES 11 VolumeIFirstEdition,byW.Trinks,1923 12 6chapters,319pages,255figures 13 VolumeISecondEdition,byW.Trinks,1926 14 [-2], (2) 15 VolumeIThirdEdition,byW.Trinks,1934 16 6chapters,456pages,359figures,22tables 17 VolumeIFourthEdition,byW.Trinks,1951 Lines: 9 18 6chapters,526pages,414figures,26tables ——— 19 51.267 VolumeIFifthEdition,byW.TrinksandM.H.Mawhinney,1961 * 20 8chapters,486pages,361figures,23tables ——— 21 Normal P 22 VolumeISixthEdition,byW.Trinks,M.H.Mawhinney, * PgEnds: R.A.Shannon,R.J.Reed,andJ.R.V.Garvey,2000 23 9chapters,490pages,199figures,*40tables 24 25 VolumeIIFirstEdition,byW.Trinks,1925 [-2], (2) 26 VolumeIISecondEdition,byW.Trinks,1942 27 6chapters,351pages,337figures,12tables 28 VolumeIIThirdEdition,byW.Trinks,1955 29 7chapters,358pages,303figures,4tables 30 31 VolumeIIFourthEdition,byW.TrinksandM.H.Mawhinney,1967** 32 9chapters,358pages,273figures,13tables 33 34 PRACTICALINDUSTRIALFURNACEDESIGN,byM.H.Mawhinney,1928 9chapters,318pages,104figures,28tables 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 *This6thEditionalsoincludes3equations,20examples,54reviewquestions,4problems,and5suggested 42 projects.The199figuresconsistof43graphs,140drawingsanddiagrams,and16photographs. 43 **NofurthereditionsofVolumeIIofINDUSTRIALFURNACESareplannedbecausesimilar,butup-to- 44 date,materialiscoveredinthis6thEditionofINDUSTRIALFURNACESandinVolumesIandIIofthe 45 NorthAmericanCOMBUSTIONHANDBOOK. 1 2 3 4 5 INDUSTRIAL FURNACES, 6 7 8 SIXTH EDITION 9 10 11 12 13 14 [-3], (3) W.Trinks 15 16 17 M. 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II.Trinks,W.(Willibald),b.1874.Industrialfurnaces. 40 TH7140.I48 2003 41 621.402'5—dc21 42 2003007736 43 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 44 45 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This6thEditionisdedicatedtoourwives: 9 EmilyJaneShannonandCatherineRiehlReed 10 whomwethankforbelovedencouragementand 11 fortimeawaytoworkonthis6thEdition. 12 ROBERTA.SHANNON RICHARDJ.REED 13 AvonLake,Ohio Willoughby,Ohio 14 [-5], (5) 15 16 17 Lines: 1 18 ——— 19 375.93 * 20 ——— 21 Normal 22 * PgEnds: 23 24 25 [-5], (5) 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [Last Pag 13 14 [-6], (6) 15 16 17 Lines: 25 18 ——— 19 214.44 20 ——— 21 Normal P 22 PgEnds: 23 24 25 [-6], (6) 26 Photostatcopyofahand-writtennotefromProf.W.TrinkstoMr. 27 Brown,founderofNorthAmericanMfg,Co....about1942. 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 1 2 3 4 CONTENTS 5 6 7 8 9 ExcerptsfromthePrefacetothe5thEdition xv 10 11 12 Preface xvii [FirstPa 13 14 [-7],(1) 15 BriefBiographiesoftheAuthor xix 16 17 Lines:0 No-LiabilityStatement xxi 18 ——— 19 10.182 20 ——— 21 NormalP 22 1 INDUSTRIALHEATINGPROCESSES 1 PgEnds: 23 1.1 IndustrialProcessHeatingFurnaces / 1 24 25 1.2 ClassificationsofFurnaces / 7 [-7],(1) 26 1.2.1 FurnaceClassificationbyHeatSource / 7 27 1.2.2 FurnaceClassificationbyBatchorContinuous, 28 andbyMethodofHandlingMaterialinto,Through, 29 andoutoftheFurnace / 7 30 1.2.3 FurnaceClassificationbyFuel / 16 31 32 1.2.4 FurnaceClassificationbyRecirculation / 18 33 1.2.5 FurnaceClassificationbyDirect-FiredorIndirect-Fired / 18 34 1.2.6 ClassificationbyFurnaceUse / 20 35 1.2.7 ClassificationbyTypeofHeatRecovery / 20 36 1.2.8 OtherFurnaceTypeClassifications / 21 37 38 1.3 ElementsofFurnaceConstruction / 22 39 1.4 ReviewQuestionsandProjects / 23 40 41 42 2 HEATTRANSFERININDUSTRIALFURNACES 25 43 44 2.1 HeatRequiredforLoadandFurnace / 25 45 2.1.1 HeatRequiredforHeatingandMeltingMetals / 25 vii viii CONTENTS 1 2.1.2 HeatRequiredforFusion(Vitrification)andChemical 2 Reaction / 26 3 2.2 FlowofHeatWithintheChargedLoad / 28 4 2.2.1 ThermalConductivityandDiffusion / 28 5 6 2.2.2 LagTime / 30 7 2.3 HeatTransfertotheChargedLoadSurface / 31 8 2.3.1 ConductionHeatTransfer / 33 9 10 2.3.2 ConvectionHeatTransfer / 35 11 2.3.3 RadiationBetweenSolids / 37 12 2.3.4 RadiationfromClearFlamesandGases / 42 13 2.3.5 RadiationfromLuminousFlames / 46 14 [-8],(2) 15 2.4 DeterminingFurnaceGasExitTemperature / 53 16 2.4.1 EnhancedHeating / 55 17 2.4.2 PierDesign / 56 Lines:80 18 ——— 2.5 ThermalInteractioninFurnaces / 57 19 6.0pt P 20 2.5.1 InteractingHeatTransferModes / 57 ——— 21 2.5.2 EvaluatingHydrogenAtmospheresforBetterHeat NormalP 22 Transfer / 60 PgEnds: 23 2.6 TemperatureUniformity / 63 24 25 2.6.1 EffectiveAreaforHeatTransfer / 63 [-8],(2) 26 2.6.2 GasRadiationIntensity / 64 27 2.6.3 SolidRadiationIntensity / 64 28 2.6.4 MovementofGaseousProductsofCombustion / 64 29 2.6.5 TemperatureDifference / 65 30 31 2.7 Turndown / 67 32 2.8 ReviewQuestionsandProject / 67 33 34 35 3 HEATINGCAPACITYOFBATCHFURNACES 71 36 3.1 DefinitionofHeatingCapacity / 71 37 38 3.2 EffectofRateofHeatLiberation / 71 39 3.3 EffectofRateofHeatAbsorptionbytheLoad / 77 40 41 3.3.1 MajorFactorsAffectingFurnaceCapacity / 77 42 3.4 EffectofLoadArrangement / 79 43 3.4.1 AvoidDeepLayers / 83 44 45 3.5 EffectofLoadThickness / 84 CONTENTS ix 1 3.6 VerticalHeating / 85 2 3.7 BatchIndirect-FiredFurnaces / 86 3 4 3.8 BatchFurnaceHeatingCapacityPractice / 91 5 3.8.1 BatchOvensandLow-TemperatureBatchFurnaces / 92 6 3.8.2 DryingandPreheatingMoltenMetalContainers / 96 7 3.8.3 LowTemperatureMeltingProcesses / 98 8 3.8.4 StackAnnealingFurnaces / 99 9 10 3.8.5 MidrangeHeatTreatFurnaces / 101 11 3.8.6 CopperandItsAlloys / 102 12 3.8.7 High-TemperatureBatchFurnaces,1990Fto2500F / 103 13 3.8.8 BatchFurnaceswithLiquidBaths / 108 14 [-9],(3) 15 3.9 ControlledCoolinginorAfterBatchFurnaces / 113 16 3.10 ReviewQuestionsandProject / 114 17 Lines:14 18 ——— 19 4 HEATINGCAPACITYOFCONTINUOUSFURNACES 117 0.0pt P 20 4.1 ContinuousFurnacesComparedtoBatchFurnaces / 117 ——— 21 NormalP 4.1.1 PrescriptionsforOperatingFlexibility / 118 22 PgEnds: 23 4.2 ContinuousDryers,Ovens,andFurnacesfor<1400F(<760C) / 121 24 4.2.1 ExplosionHazards / 121 25 [-9],(3) 4.2.2 MassTransfer / 122 26 4.2.3 RotaryDrumDryers,Incinerators / 122 27 4.2.4 TowerDryersandSprayDryers / 124 28 29 4.2.5 TunnelOvens / 124 30 4.2.6 AirHeaters / 127 31 4.3 ContinuousMidrangeFurnaces,1200to1800F(650to980C) / 127 32 4.3.1 ConveyorizedTunnelFurnacesorKilns / 127 33 34 4.3.2 Roller-HearthOvens,Furnaces,andKilns / 129 35 4.3.3 ShuttleCar-HearthFurnacesandKilns / 129 36 4.3.4 SawtoothWalkingBeams / 130 37 4.3.5 CatenaryFurnaceSize / 135 38 39 4.4 SinteringandPelletizingFurnaces / 137 40 4.4.1 Pelletizing / 138 41 4.5 AxialContinuousFurnacesforAbove2000F(1260C) / 139 42 4.5.1 BarrelFurnaces / 139 43 44 4.5.2 ShaftFurnaces / 142 45 4.5.3 LimeKilns / 142