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Chamber furnace

Process Description

Chamber furnaces are usually used to re-melt less contaminated, bulkier aluminum scrap, usually without the addition of additives. The energy requirement for melting is higher in comparison to tiltable rotary drum furnaces. Chamber furnaces are also mainly used as holding and homogenising furnaces before the casting process. Depending on the application, chamber furnaces can be round or rectangular, tiltable or stationary and with one or more chambers.    

Aluminum chamber furnace

Gas Application

Combustion with oxygen (oxy-fuel) instead of with air as an oxidising agent, reduces fuel consumption and increases process efficiency. 

Advantages of Oxyfuel burner systems at a glance:

  • Higher combustion efficiency
  • Higher melting rate
  • Faster heating-up times
  • Lower fuel consumption
  • Higher processing temperatures possible
  • Faster reaction speeds
  • Lower exhaust gas levels
  • Less dust
  • Lower emissions
  • Lower production costs

Application of Oxipyr-Burner technology in chamber furnaces:

The table shows application possibilities for different sized chamber furnaces in the aluminum industry and the increase in performance and potential energy savings typically associated with the use of Oxipyr burner technology in chamber furnaces. 

 

Possible increases in performance and savings when switching from air to oxygen burners.

More than 30 Oxipyr burner systems have been installed in chamber furnaces worldwide, of which more than half are in the aluminum industry.  

Messer SOlution

In addition to the gases required for your process, Messer offers a variety of equipment for its optimisation under the brand names Oxipyr and Oxijet. 

In order to select the optimum system, experts from Messer first carry out a comprehensive process analysis. Following calculations and basic engineering, suggestions are made for optimisation and further procedures.

Oxyipyr flame inside a chamber furnace

Oxipyr – Burner Technology

The characteristics of the burner types are multi-faceted and range from low to high momentum burners, oxyfuel to oxygen/air mixing burners and burners for different fuels or fuel combinations. The systems are controlled manually, semi- or fully automatically following compositions or temperature.

Oxipyr

Fuel

  

Burner protection

Flame

Burner Technology

gas

liquid

solid

low NOx

refractory material

traversing devices

cooling

monitoring

ignition

Oxipyr – P

X

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

Oxipyr – F

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oxipyr – Flex

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oxipyr – Air

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oxipyr – SVNR

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

Oxipyr- IPC (internal post-combustion) 

The combustion ratio of fuel and oxidising agent is selectively altered, with the oxygen flow regulated as a function of exhaust gas parameters. As a result, through the post-combustion of pollutants in the exhaust gas, high-quality fuels can be relieved especially of the burden of volatile organic components (VOC).  Messer developed the Oxipyr-IPC process for this purpose.   When using the Oxipyr-IPC process, oxygen and fuel requirements are controlled automatically.  Oxygen is always supplied via Oxipyr burners; with Oxijet oxygen lances used for certain types of furnace.

Advantages:

  • Lower fuel consumption
  • Reduces post-combustion burden
  • Reduction in production costs

 

Bottom Purging Technology

Messer only offers complete solutions for bottom purging systems in cooperation with partners.

Porous plugs and Oxipyr-Air