Introduction The heat-treating industry is in need of heat-treatment furnace materials and fixtures that have a long service life and reduced heat capacity. Many of the fixtures are consumed within 1 year of exposure in high temperature carburization atmospheres. Most of these fixtures are manufactured using heat resistant alloys. Iron-nickel based and iron-nickel-chromium based alloys are expe...

We report a multipurpose furnace designed for studies using synchrotron radiation on polycrystalline materials, namely, metals, ceramics, and (semi)crystalline polymers. The furnace has been designed to carry out three-dimensional (3D) x-ray diffraction measurements but can also be used for other types of synchrotron radiation research. The furnace has a very low thermal gradient across the spe...

SHAHAB is a PC- based simulator developed by Olefin Research Group (ORG), with the simultaneous simulation of the reactor, the firebox, the convection section and the transfer line exchanger in steam Cracking units. The reaction mechanism of thermal cracking of hydrocarbons is generally accepted as free-radical chain reactions. Using a rigorous kinetic model, a complete reaction network for rep...

Light olefins are the main building blocks used in petrochemical and chemical industries for production of different components such as polymers, synthetic fibers, rubbers, plastic materials. Currently, steam cracking hydrocarbons is technology light olefins. In cracking, pyrolysis feedstocks occurs furnace, where hydrocarbon feed first mixed preheated convection section then enter furnace radi...

Ethylene is the most produced organic substance in world and a pillar chemical process industry. The production pathway energy intensive has corresponding high carbon footprint. This work explores, simulates, presents possibility of reforming fuel gas steam cracking furnace. Currently, methane (CH4) hydrogen (H2) from furnace outlet makes up source. If H2 by reformation current can cover demand...

A large amount of blast furnace slag is generated in China. Most ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) however ends up in low-grade applications. Blast furnace slag, ground to an appropriate fineness, can be used as a partial replacement of cementitious material in concrete. The potential for using GGBS in structural concrete, e.g. concrete beams and columns is investigated at Xi’an Jiaot...

The gas-phase chemistry of silicon oxynitridation in N2O has been investigated. From an evaluation of available kinetic data, we have developed a model for the thermal decomposition of gaseous N2O. To quantify heat transfer between the N2O gas and the wall of the furnace, we introduce the concept of referencing to an N2 gas-temperature profile, measured in an oxidation furnace. Using this model...