Kumar, PV and Gupta, GS (2002) Study of formation of silicon carbide in the Acheson process. In: Steel Research, 73 (2). pp. 31-38.
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Formation of silicon carbide in the Acheson process was studied using a mass transfer model which has been developed in this study. The century old Acheson process is still used for the mass production of silicon carbide. A heat resistance furnace is used in the Acheson process which uses sand and petroleum coke as major raw materials.: It is a highly energy intensive process. No mass transfer model is available for this process. Therefore, a mass transfer model has been developed to study the mass transfer aspects of the process along with heat transfer. The reaction kinetics of silicon carbide formation has been taken from the literature. It has been shown that reaction kinetics has a reasonable influence on the process efficiency. The effect of various parameters on the process such as total gas pressure, presence of silicon carbide in the initial charge, etc. has been studied. A graphical user interface has also been developed for the Acheson process to make the computer code user friendly.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Steel Research |
| Publisher: | VERLAG STAHLEISEN MBH |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to VERLAG STAHLEISEN MBH. |
| Keywords: | Theoretical study;Mass transfer;Petroleum coke;Electric oven;Resistance heating;Melting furnace;Modeling;Silicon carbide; |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2011 05:58 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2011 05:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39425 |
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