Process Engineering
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Thermal Processing
Our research activity concentrates on designing efficient process cycles for industrial thermal processing operations using integrated process models and special non-isothermal kinetics effects. Industrial implementation of this approach has resulted in tangible benefits in terms of energy saving and greater productivity for various heat treatment operations, such as batch and continuous annealing, carburizing and hardening.
Focus Areas
- Efficient Non-isothermal Processing: Special non-isothermal effects accelerate transformation kinetics during cyclic annealing, resulting in energy saving and productivity enhancement.
- Cost Modeling of Industrial Processes: Cost model correlates process parameters to performance metrics and provides an efficient tool for analyzing and optimizing industrial processes.
- Eco-friendly Quenchants: Developing a new class of inexpensive and eco-friendly quenchants with no toxic fumes and no after-usage disposal liabilities.
Industrial Case Studies
- Integrated Model for Batch Annealing Operation: Developing a simulator capable of predicting temperature, microstructure, and mechanical properties in cold rolled coils.
- Optimizing the Carburizing Operation: Optimization of an industrial gas carburization operation resulting in significant energy reduction and productivity enhancement.
- Design of Roller Hearth Annealing Cycles: Redesigning the process cycles of a continuous annealing operation, resulting in significant increase in the process efficiency and reduction in the operating cost.
Related Link
http://www.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/CHTE/display.cgi?mode=user&id=556
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