Determination of Temperature-Dependent Heat Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity of Waste Glass Melter Feed

The cold cap is a layer of reacting glass batch floating on the surface of melt in an all‐electric continuous glass melter. The heat needed for the conversion of the melter feed to molten glass must be transferred to and through the cold cap. Since the heat flux into the cold cap influences the rate...

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Published in:Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2013-06, Vol.96 (6), p.1891-1898
Main Authors: Pokorny, Richard, Rice, Jarrett A., Schweiger, Michael J., Hrma, Pavel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Batch flotation
Ceramics
Crucibles
Diffusion
Functions (mathematics)
Glass
Heat conductivity
Mathematical analysis
Melting
Temperature distribution
Temperature effects
Thermal conductivity
Thermal diffusivity
Thermocouples
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Summary:The cold cap is a layer of reacting glass batch floating on the surface of melt in an all‐electric continuous glass melter. The heat needed for the conversion of the melter feed to molten glass must be transferred to and through the cold cap. Since the heat flux into the cold cap influences the rate of melting, the heat conductivity is a key property of the reacting feed. We designed an experimental setup consisting of a large cylindrical crucible with an assembly of thermocouples (TC) that monitors the evolution of the temperature field while the crucible is heated at a constant rate. Then we used two methods to calculate the heat conductivity and thermal diffusivity of the reacting feed: the approximation of the temperature field by polynomial functions and the finite‐volume method (FVM) coupled with least‐squares analysis. Up to 680°C, the heat conductivity of the reacting melter feed was represented by a linear function of temperature.
ISSN:0002-7820
1551-2916
DOI:10.1111/jace.12313