Optimization Applied to Heat Loss Through Industrial Furnace Walls

Resumo

Industrial furnaces are equipment intended for heating materials, aiming at various purposes such as cooking, melting, heat treatment, drying and others. Regardless of the work to be performed, it is expected that the furnace will be capable of transferring the heat generated by the combustion to the material with maximum efficiency, uniformity and safety. In this perspective, it is of fundamental relevance a detailed study of the materials that compose the walls of the furnace, guaranteeing, therefore, the maximum energy efficiency of the device through the minimum spent fuel and also ensuring its required structural characteristics. [...]