Classical ultrarelativistic bremsstrahlung in extra dimensions

The emitted energy and the cross-section of classical scalar bremsstrahlung in massive particle collisions in D=4+d dimensional Minkowski space M_D as well as in the brane world M_4 \times T^d is computed to leading ultra-relativistic order. The particles are taken to interact in the first case via the exchange of a bulk massless scalar field \Phi and in the second with an additional massless scalar \phi confined together with the particles on the brane. Energy is emitted as \Phi radiation in the bulk and/or \phi radiation on the brane. In contrast to the quantum Born approximation, the classical result is unambiguous and valid in a kinematical region which is also specified. For D=4 the results are in agreement with corresponding expressions in classical electrodynamics.Comment: Preprint number adde

The modern technology of iron and steel production and possible ways of their development

В изменяющейся мировой обстановке на рынке сырых материалов для черной металлургии разрабатывается ряд новых технологий по производству чугуна и стали, альтернативных существующим технологиям, которые способны обеспечить экономически устойчивую работу металлургических компаний. В дополнении к этому фокусируется внимание на экономии энергии и снижении выбросов парниковых газов в целях решения важнейших вопросов охраны окружающей среды. Изменение состояния окружающей среды ставит новые проблемы перед металлургической промышленностью, потребляющей значительные энергетические и топливные ресурсы. Отрасль вынуждена сосредоточить свое внимание на сокращении всех видов энергии, что приведет и к снижению выброса парниковых газов. Разработка альтернативных технологических процессов производства чугуна и стали способна обеспечить металлургическим компаниям экономически выгодную и устойчивую работу в производстве стали. Для оценки воздействий деятельности металлургических компаний на окружающую среду Инженерно-консалтинговой компанией ХАТЧ (НАТСH, Сanada) были разработаны новые методики моделирования, позволяющие квалифицированно и качественно оценивать риски в потреблении энергии и выбросах СО2 в металлургической промышленности. Методика для анализа выбросов углеродсодержащих парниковых газов названа G-CAP ™ (Зеленый Дом — Борьба с загрязнением воздуха углекислым газом), а для анализа энергоэффективности — En-MAPTM (Планирование действий при управлении энергией). Оценка существующего положения в большинстве интегрированных заводов показала, что они располагают возможностями по экономии энергии и борьбы с загрязнением атмосферы парниковыми газами, лучшие из этих заводов исчерпали эти возможности даже при высоких ценах на квоты выбросов СО2. В этом контексте важно оценить те важные особенности альтернативных технологий получения чугуна и стали, которые разработаны к настоящему времени. Эта статья содержит сравнительную оценку энергоэффективности и выбросов ПГ для некоторых выбранных альтернативных технологий производства чугуна и стали, которые рассматриваются для их реализации. Для этого применены методики G-CAP ™ и G-CAP ™ , элементы которых были разработаны в компании HATCH с основной целью количественной и квалификационной оценки потенциала экономии энергии и сокращения выбросов СО2 в металлургической промышленностиIn the changing global market scenario for raw materials for the steel industry, a number of novel iron and steelmaking process technologies are being developed to provide the steel companies with economically-sustainable alternatives for iron and steel-making. In addition, the steel industry is also focusing on reduction of energy consumption as well as green-house gas (GHG) emissions to address the crucial subject of climate change. Climate change is presenting new risks to the highly energy and carbon-intensive, iron and steel industry. The industry needs to focus on reduction of energy consumption as GHG emissions to address climate change. Development of alternate iron and steelmaking process technologies can provide steel companies with economically-sustainable alternatives for steel production. For managing climate change risks, novel modelling tools have been developed by Hatch to quantify and qualify potential energy savings and CO2 abatement within the iron and steel industry. The tool developed for abatement of greenhouse gas carbon is called G-CAPTM (Green-House Gas Carbon Abatement Process) while that developed for improving energy efficiency is called En-MAPTM (Energy Management Action Planning). Evaluation of existing operations have shown that most integrated plants have GHG and energy abatement opportunities; on the other hand, the best-in-class plants may not have a lot of low-risk abatement opportunities left, even at high CO2 price. In this context, it is important to assess these critical issues for the alternate iron and steelmaking technologies that have been developed. This paper presents a comparative evaluation of energy-efficiency and GHG emissions for some selected iron- and steelmaking technologies that are being considered for implementation. In this work, Hatch’s G-CAP™ and En-MAP™ tools that were developed with the main objective of quantifying and qualifying the potential energy savings and CO2 abatement within the iron and steel industry, were employed in the evaluation conducted

Study of Thermal Performance of Modern Design of the Drum-type Batch Furnace

The report focuses on the layout and features of the thermal performance of the drum-type batch furnace for heating of metal products for hardening. Technical characteristics of the furnace, some results of the thermomechanical calculation are given. The computer simulation of the processes of gas flow and heat exchange in the furnace is presented. The study has been carried out using the CAE-system (CAE, Computer Aided Engineering)—the software module ANSYS Fluent. In this module, the flow boundary conditions were specified. To check the repeatability of calculations, the control of current values and calculated temperature discrepancies has been used. The results of the simulation are presented graphically and contain a visualization of the field of temperature and velocity distribution, as well as a vector distribution of  gas flow rates. The obtained results of the computer simulation allowed evaluating the efficiency of the thermal and gas-dynamic performance of the developed design of the drum-type batch furnace with a constant temperature of the operating space. The developed design of the furnace for heating of metal billets with moving of billets in the furnace along the drum allows solving of some problems of resource and energy saving; it could also be used for heat treatment of bars, pipes, strip, and bar sections of various shapes. Keywords: batch furnace with a constant temperature of operating space, recuperative burner, computer simulation, temperature fields, velocity fields, resource saving, burning, heat exchang

Technical Upgrading and Thermal Performance of Heating Furnace of the Pipe Rolling Workshop

The report is focused on the design and thermal performance of the continuous furnace for heating of pipe billets before piercing operating at ‘ChPRP’ PJSC. The problems arising during operation of the thermal generating unit have been analyzed. To evaluate the efficiency of existing heating system, the heat balance of the continuous furnace has been drawn up. During analysis of the results of calculated studies, disadvantages of existing furnace systems and assemblies have been revealed. In order to improve the quality of metal heating, it is proposed to install the through-type furnace heated by means of regenerative burners, as well as provided with the metal transportation system, ensuring more uniform heating, both along the length and thickness of billets, in place of the existing furnace. When implementing the proposed activities, a significant economic benefit is expected, which is confirmed by the heat balance of the through-type furnace given in the article. Besides, to visualize the distribution of temperature and gas-dynamic flows within the operating space of the proposed through-type furnace, the computer simulation for evaluation of the uniformity of metal heating has been performed. Keywords: continuous furnace, regenerative burner, energy saving, through-type furnace, heat balanc

The use of combined-blast is the main way to improve the energy efficiency of blast furnaces

The world production of hot metal and pig iron in 2012 reached 1.3 billion tons. More than 500 million tons of metallurgical coke produced from 650 million tons of expensive coking coals was consumed in blast furnaces to achieve this production goal. Metallurgical coke is a major contributor to the production costs of hot metal and pig iron, typically making up to 48-52% of the hot metal operating cost. Because of this, the reduction in metallurgical coke consumption was always a major goal for blast furnace operators. Supplemental fuels, especially in the form of a combined blast, are typically used to reduce coke consumption in a blast furnace. The major types of combined blast and supplemental fuels are as follows: oxygen enrichment, natural gas, oil and pulverized coal injection. The replacement coefficients of coke by these supplement fuels depend on the fuel quality, the arrangement of the injection process and adjustments in the blast furnace operating practice to optimize heat and mass transfer processes, metallic yield, gas dynamics and material movement. The fundamentals of the blast furnace process to achieve a highly efficient operation of the blast furnace with combined blast are discussed in this paper. The methodology of this research and development work is based on the theory of heat transfer in a blast furnace combined with local and overall heat and mass balances, the analysis of temperature distribution and material and gas movement. As a result, the maximum achievable replacement coefficients and reduction in the operating cost of hot metal were estimated alongside the required adjustments in blast furnace operation. © 2014 WIT Press.International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering;International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning;WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environmen