Thermal and fluid flow fields in a regenerator with ceramic chimney block checker work

Selected results of mathematical modelling and computer simulation of transient conjugate heat transfer in a vertical contraflow glass furnace regenerator are reported. The problem is solved three-dimensionally (3D) using the ANSYS 8.0/FLOTRAN program. The main regenerator fluid flow and thermal fields about a cyclic equilibrium of the regenerator are visualized. Heat and fluid flow parameters for the regenerator's cyclic equilibrium are presented by Tm=Tm(H',t); Tm,f=Tm,f(H',t); hm=hm(H',t); V=V(H',t); k=k(H',t) and ε=ε(H',t) graphics. Remarks about transient heat transfer in this kind of regenerators are made based on the obtained numerical values and relationships.