RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ANODE BAKING FURNACE DESIGN

摘要

Today, furnace design still proceeds mainly by extrapolation fromrnexisting furnaces. Investigating existing furnaces shows therndangers of underestimating the impact of apparently smallrnmodifications: e.g., larger pits to accommodate higher anodes canrnresult in furnaces with substandard performance. Side effects suchrnas soot creation have then to be accepted. This paper presents anrnapproach to bake furnace design which completely eliminatesrnextrapolation from existing furnaces. The same approach can bernused to estimate the optimization potential for existing furnaces.