<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with the simulation of cooling processes of the aluminium profiles inside the water quench. Cooling of profile surfaces is performed by water spray, which is created by mixing a water and an air in a nozzles. Formulas were found in literature, modified and applied to a given problem that significantly simplified a solution. The task of numerical simulations was to determine temperature and velocity profile on aluminium profile surfaces for establishing of the heat transfer coefficient which was used as the convective boundary condition necessary to solve the heat transfer in the aluminium profile by finite element method. The difference between FEM and CFD results is up to 10%.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with the simulation of cooling processes of the aluminium profiles inside the water quench. Cooling of profile surfaces is performed by water spray, which is created by mixing a water and an air in a nozzles. Formulas were found in literature, modified and applied to a given problem that significantly simplified a solution. The task of numerical simulations was to determine temperature and velocity profile on aluminium profile surfaces for establishing of the heat transfer coefficient which was used as the convective boundary condition necessary to solve the heat transfer in the aluminium profile by finite element method. The difference between FEM and CFD results is up to 10%.

Numerical Simulation of Heat Treatment Process of Aluminium Profiles

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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The paper deals with the simulation of cooling processes of the aluminium profiles inside the water quench. Cooling of profile surfaces is performed by water...

Numerical Simulation of Heat Treatment Process of Aluminium Profiles

Published Online: Nov 15, 2019

Page range: 43 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0028

Keywords
Multiphase flow, heat transfer, CFD, water quenching, aluminium

© 2019 Gebauer Marek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Numerical Simulation of Heat Treatment Process of Aluminium Profiles

Published Online: Nov 15, 2019

Page range: 43 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0028

KeywordsMultiphase flow, heat transfer, CFD, water quenching, aluminium

© 2019 Gebauer Marek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Multiphase flow, heat transfer, CFD, water quenching, aluminium