Calculation model of heating curves of a steel charge heated in a walking beam furnace before plastic working

Abstract

The paper presents a universal computational model of heating curves for walking beam furnaces, which allows to determine the temperature distribution along the length of the furnace during heating of the steel charge. The model was made based on analytical dependencies regarding transient heat conduction, taking into account the temperature variability of all thermo-physical properties. The methodology of calculations and examples of heating curves for selected cases are presented.

Keywords

• teel
• walking beam furnace
• heating of steel charge
• modelling of heating
• heating curves