02 February 2019 3 5K Report

Hi everyone

I'm modelling a heating-up process in a furnace, the process is time dependent i.e. a specific heating rate is applied in the real life process. I used data of actual temperature records to create a UDF  then I applied this udf at the furnace wall boundary condition because the heat sources are located at the wall. 

At the beginning of the trials I applied a radiation boundary condition on the furnace wall and monitored the surface temperature of the product. The product temperature was close to the temperature of the furnace wall (as expected). Then I applied a fluid agitator to the process inside the furnace to mix the fluid and promote some convection. I expected the surface temperature of the product to be higher than the wall's temperature as now there are two modes of heat transfer (convection and radiation).

However, what I got is a product temperature less the wall temperature, please see attached graphs. It is a little bit strange because this means that the heat is going somewhere else and I have no clue where. I'm wondering if anyone have any idea and can help me with this.  

Any help is much appreciated

Regards

Oula

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