ANALYSIS OF APPLICA TION OF THE HEA T LOSS RECOVERY SYSTEM TO DRIVE A CASTING CONVEYOR FOR MACHINE PRODUCTION
In this paper, a review of the scientific and technical literature is carried out to analyze workshops and equipment that can be potential objects for the implementation of an industrial heat recovery system at a machine-building plant, as well as an analysis of the amount of heat losses from cooling ingots on a casting conveyor. The analysis of heat exchange processes during the cooling of the ingots of the casting conveyor was carried out on the basis of the equations contained in the ANSYS Fluent package. It can be seen from the results obtained that this design of the heat exchanger allows one to achieve the power necessary for the drive to operate by: changing the water flow rate, excess water pressure, the number of bends, as well as by installing a casing reflecting thermal radiation.