Obiettivo THE OBJECTIVES ARE : A) TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER CODE FOR THE SIMULATION AND DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL GLASS KILN AND TO APPLY IT FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN OF GLASS MELTING KILNS. B) TO CONDUCT A PROGRAMME OF EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE FLOW AND HEAT-TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS IN THE GLASS MELTING KILN. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, COORDINATE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE COUNTRIES (PORTUGAL, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM) AND THE RESULTS WILL BE USED TO GUIDE A FINAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME IN ONE OF THE FURNACES OF THE PORTUGUESE COMPANY, METAL. THE BASIS FOR THE NUMERICAL DESIGN PROCEDURE WILL BE PERFORMED IN LISBON AND FURTHER DEVELOPED IN THE THREE COUNTRIES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALCULATION METHOD IS INNOVATED IN THAT NOVEL NUMERICAL PROCEDURES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH THE OXYGEN-RICH ATMOSPHERE AND WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL RADIATION. THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE GUIDED BY EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED IN THE THREE CONFIGURATIONS, NAMELY A LOW TEMPERATURE SIMULATION OF A GLASS FURNACE, A COMBUSTING AXISYMMETRICAL FURNACE AND IN A FULL SCALE GLASS FURNACE. THIS OVERALL APPROACH IS TOTALLY NEW TO THE GLASS-FURNACE INDUSTRY. A computer code for the simulation and design of industrial glass smelting kilns was developed. This computer code was used to improve the design and operating conditions of existing industrial glass kilns operating under oxyfuel conditions. A coordinated experimental programme was carried out under various configurations using a full scale glass kiln, an isothermal model of the kiln and using several model burners and fuel atomisers. The experiments were aimed at determining and optimising the flow and heat transfer characteristics of glass smelting kilns and at providing the basis for the development of the computer codes. The method of calculation uses novel numerical procedures to deal with the oxygen rich atmosphere and with the substantial radiative heat transfer occurring in the combustion chamber when it is operating under oxyfuel conditions.THE R&D WORK IS DIVIDED IN TO THE FOLLOWING STEPS : - COMPUTER CODE DEVELOPMENT - COLD FLOW TESTS - BURNER TESTING - KILN TESTING - COMPARISON OF CALCULATED AND MEASURED RESULTS - PROVISIONS OF NEW DESIGNS AND DESIGN METHOD. Campo scientifico engineering and technologymaterials engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programma(i) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 1,Avenida Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 LISBOA Portogallo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (4) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo South Kensington Campus LONDON Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato LABORATORIA NACIONAL ENGENARIA E TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (LNETI) Portogallo Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo LISBOA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato METAL PORTUGUESA SA Portogallo Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo LISBOA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo NÜRNBERG Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato