@article{article_846123, title={A CFD Assisted Study: Investigation of the Transformation of A Recuperative Furnace to Regenerative Furnace For Industrial Aluminium Melting}, journal={Mühendis ve Makina}, volume={62}, pages={245–261}, year={2021}, DOI={10.46399/muhendismakina.846123}, author={Bozkurt, Ömür and Kaya, Mehmet Fatih}, keywords={yakıcılar, Rejeneratif yakma sistemleri, enerji verimliliği}, abstract={In industrial applications, pre-heating and re-heating of the exhaust air have very big savings of fuel costs and emissions. Especially, recuperative, and regenerative furnaces are an efficient method to obtain more heat sources. Regenerative furnace systems provide superior cost and fuel savings in industrial applications when they are adapted with suitable processes. In this study, recuperative aluminum melting furnaces are transformed with regenerative furnaces to obtain high performance aluminum melting in the manufacturing system. Several calculations and evaluations are conducted to observe the difference in the melting furnace systems by the help of mathematical modelling and CFD analysis. According to CFD results, as a design criterion, 1654 J/kg enthalpy change is calculated to improve the system performance for regenerated recuperative systems. Fuel consumption of the system is decreased around 30% and payback time is calculated as 1.43 year according to December 2018 values.}, number={703}, publisher={TMMOB Makina Mühendisleri Odası}, organization={Turkish Science Ministry of Industry and Technology}