%0 Journal Article
%T Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Perforated Tube Trolley in Circular Cooler
%A Bin Wu
%A Kunrong Huang
%A Defan Qing
%A Maokui Zhu
%J World Journal of Engineering and Technology
%P 684-695
%@ 2331-4249
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjet.2017.54057
%X Three symmetrically perforated tubes were arranged in the circular cooler trolley as auxiliary cooling inlet to improve the cooling performance of the sintered body during the production process.<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Fluent</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">15.0 has been used to simulate the process; the study shows that the perforated tube structure trolley has changed the temperature field within the sintering area, thereby improving the sintering area of the cooling effect and uniformity,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">also greatly reducing</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the cooling time.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Compared with the traditional trolley,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the best structure of the porous tube</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">trolley has reduced 41% cooling</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">time and increased 50% waste heat recovery.</span>
%K Circular Cooler
%K Perforated Tube
%K Structural Optimization
%K Cooling Performance
%K Orthogonal Test
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=80253