Design and Numerical Study of Induction-Heating Graphitization Furnace Based on Graphene Coils

Induction-heating graphitization furnaces are widely used to produce high-purity graphite products due to their high heating rate, high-limit temperatures, safety, cleanliness, and precise control. However, the existing induction-heating systems based on copper coils have limited energy efficiency....

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Published in:Applied sciences 2024-03, Vol.14 (6), p.2528
Main Authors: Li, Rui, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Chu, Xiaodong, Gan, Lin, Li, Jia, Li, Baohua, Du, Hongda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Conductivity
Cooling
Copper
Electric properties
Electromagnetism
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Furnaces
Graphene
graphene coil
Graphite
graphitization furnace
Heat transfer
induction heating
Power supply
Radiation
Temperature
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Summary:Induction-heating graphitization furnaces are widely used to produce high-purity graphite products due to their high heating rate, high-limit temperatures, safety, cleanliness, and precise control. However, the existing induction-heating systems based on copper coils have limited energy efficiency. This paper proposes a new induction-heating graphitization furnace based on graphene coils. Due to the excellent high-temperature resistance of the macroscopic graphene material, the coil can be placed closer to the graphite heater, which improves the electromagnetic efficiency; the coil itself does not need to pass cooling water, which reduces the heat loss of the furnace and ultimately results in a higher energy efficiency of the induction furnace. In this paper, a numerical model of the induction-heating process is established and verified, the temperature-field and electromagnetic-field distributions of the heating process are analyzed by using the model, and the energy balance calculations are performed for the original furnace and the new furnace. Through a comparison, it was found that the new furnace possesses an electromagnetic efficiency of 84.87% and a thermal efficiency of 20.82%, and it can reduce the energy consumption by 33.34%, compared with the original furnace. In addition, the influence of the coil parameters on the performance of the induction furnace is discussed. By changing the coil conductivity, the induction furnace can achieve an energy efficiency of 17.76%–18.11%. This study provides new ideas for the application of macroscopic graphene materials in high-temperature induction heating.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app14062528