• KENNETH .O.ENEBE
• EJEHSON PHILIP SULE
• ASHA SATURDAY
• MATTHEW O. DAVID
• ENEBE NWANNEKA DOMITILA

Furnaces are best reliable and operated with good thermal Efficiency and performance. Production and manufacturing is incomplete without foundry processes, hence, good melting operations become vital for casting. Copular furnace of 200kg capacity was designed and tested, parameters – insulation with bricks and clay; vortex cyclone effect blowing with motor of 5HP 2880 RPM ,good charging method , back pressure enhancement and maintaining steady supply of voltage are necessary for high thermal efficiency and performance where non defective products are guaranteed with the shortest resident time. The internal multiphase fluid flow analysis and ambient air flow condition are not left out as they affect heat transfer coefficients and thermal stress built up in the shell of the copular furnace due to temperature difference between inner surface and the outside the shell. Heat lost Furnaces are best reliable and operated with good thermal Efficiency and performance. Production and manufacturing is incomplete without foundry processes, hence, good melting operations become vital for casting. Copular furnace of 200kg capacity was designed and tested, parameters – insulation with bricks and clay; vortex cyclone effect blowing with motor of 5HP 2880 RPM ,good charging method , back pressure enhancement and maintaining steady supply of voltage are necessary for high thermal efficiency and performance where non defective products are guaranteed with the shortest resident time. The internal multiphase fluid flow analysis and ambient air flow condition are not left out as they affect heat transfer coefficients and thermal stress built up in the shell of the copular furnace due to temperature difference between inner surface and the outside the shell. Heat lost by emission of exhaust gases is minimized for improved thermal efficiency and performance.

Heat Flux optimization, thermal Efficiency, Vortex cyclone effect, reduced resident time ,copular furnace

"THERMAL EFFICIENY AND HEAT FLUX OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF A COPULA FURNACE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 4, page no.235-245, May-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1604048.pdf

"THERMAL EFFICIENY AND HEAT FLUX OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF A COPULA FURNACE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 4, page no. pp235-245, May-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1604048.pdf