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The Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation provides a useful tool to predict the temperature evolution inside the furnace and in the material. The preheating step of the ageing treatment for aluminium alloy plates from the room temperature to the set temperature was simulated by using ANSYS software. The mathematical model was validated by industrial tests. The experiments were run on an indirectly heated, fuel fired batch furnace for aluminium plates ageing treatment . The model was run up to a temperature of 80 ℃ ± 3 ℃. The purpose of the developed model is to determine the hot air circulation inside the furnace and the cooler and warmer areas. Knowing the hot air circulation helps to position different thickness plates in the furnace in such a way to achieve faster heating. Thus, by using the developed model , the preheating stage can be optimized by studying the influence of the batch volume, the thickness of used spacers, the dimensions of the plates and their position in the furnace .
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Part of the cost of the industrial equipment used to obtain the results presented in this work was funded by European Union through Competitiveness Operational Programme, Priority Axis 1 Research, Technological Development and Innovation.
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Popa, M. et al. (2019). Coupled Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis of Ageing Heat Furnace. In: Chesonis, C. (eds) Light Metals 2019. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_36
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