A study of heat transfer in high-performance hydrogen bell-type annealing furnaces

The mechanisms of heat transfer in high-performance hydrogen bell-type annealing furnaces are discussed in this paper. It examines two important parameters, the convective heat transfer coefficient and the equivalent radial thermal conductivity, which have large effects on the overall heat transfer in the furnace. The calculated annealing curves are in good agreement with experimental data. © 2001 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Asian Res, 30(8): 615–623, 2001