Title :
Thermal modelling of infrared heater for plastic waste gasification
Author :
Mbourou, SM Guyemat ; Adonis, ML
Author_Institution :
Cape Peninsula Univ. of Technol., Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical investigation of infrared heater behaviour for plastic waste gasification. A mathematical model is developed for transient and steady state conditions and equations were solved using MATLAB and Simulink. The models provide a thermal simulation and optimize the design characteristics of a far-infrared (FIR) heater. The paper includes non-grey radiative heat transfer between different parts of FIR heater, as well as conduction and radiation on the reflector. The geometry has been simplified into a one dimensional problem.
Keywords :
geometry; heat transfer; mathematical analysis; plastics industry; waste heat; FIR heater; MATLAB simulation; Simulink simulation; far-infrared heater behaviour; geometry; mathematical model; nongrey radiative heat transfer; plastic waste gasification; reflector conduction; reflector radiation; thermal modelling simulation; Equations; Finite impulse response filter; Heat transfer; Infrared heating; Mathematical model; Plastics; far-infrared heater; gasification; heating element; modelling;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Conference (ICUE), 2012 Proceedings of the 9th
Conference_Location :
Stellenbosch
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1241-7
