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Improving Energy Efficiency in Direct Method for Continuous Casting of Lead Sheets

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Energy Technology 2018 (TMS 2018)

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Lead sheets are widely used for roofing applications, radiation protection and sound proofing. Most of the sheets are either produced by rolling cast slabs of lead sheets or via the direct method (DM) of casting of the sheet continuously. The DM method comprises of a rotating water-cooled drum that is partly immersed in a bath of molten lead and sheets are cast out continuously. The direct method of casting lead is more energy efficient compared to the rolling process which requires a casting process before rolling to achieve the required thickness. This work investigates the energy consumption in different stages of the DM process and suggests pointers for improvement. An energy audit of the process is conducted and the consumption is analysed at different stages and compared with rolled lead.

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  1. Manufacturing Department, School of Aerospace Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

    Arun Prabhakar, Joanna Mielnicka, Mark Jolly & Konstantinos Salonitis

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Ziqi Sun

  2. Northeastern University, Shenyamg, China

    Cong Wang

  3. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA

    Donna Post Guillen

  4. IND LLC, South Jordan, Utah, USA

    Neale R Neelameggham

  5. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    Lei Zhang

  6. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    John A. Howarter

  7. Nucor Steel, Blytheville, Arkansas, USA

    Tao Wang

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Elsa Olivetti

  9. ArcelorMittal Global R&D, East Chicago, Indiana, USA

    Mingming Zhang

  10. Reno, Nevada, USA

    Dirk Verhulst

  11. Harvard University , Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

    Xiaofei Guan

  12. Gopher Resource, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Allie Anderson

  13. Al Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    Shadia Ikhmayies

  14. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    York R. Smith

  15. LG Fuel Cell Systems, North Canton, Ohio, USA

    Amit Pandey

  16. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Sarma Pisupati

  17. Beihang University, Beijing, China

    Huimin Lu

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Prabhakar, A., Mielnicka, J., Jolly, M., Salonitis, K. (2018). Improving Energy Efficiency in Direct Method for Continuous Casting of Lead Sheets. In: Sun, Z., et al. Energy Technology 2018 . TMS 2018. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72362-4_11

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