Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologymaterials engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Program(-y) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Temat(-y) Data not available Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 1,Avenida Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 LISBOA Portugalia Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres South Kensington Campus LONDON Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych LABORATORIA NACIONAL ENGENARIA E TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (LNETI) Portugalia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres LISBOA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych METAL PORTUGUESA SA Portugalia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres LISBOA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN Niemcy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres NÜRNBERG Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych