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On the path towards achieving the EU's 2050 net-zero steel emissions target, one strategy related to the steel making industry involves transitioning from heating processes that emit greenhouse gases (such as natural gas furnaces) to electric heating processes (such as resistance furnaces or induction heating systems). This study presents a methodology for this industrial transition using finite element simulations with ANSYS Multiphysics ® and adjusting the model with laboratory experiments applied to the induction heating process of round steel bars during the rolling process (but it can also be applied to heat treatments or preheating for hot forging). The results obtained demonstrate the usefulness of this methodology to help on the efficient optimization of this heating process. Once developed, it can be a very useful tool for designing and optimizing the appropriate parameters of this new electric heating process for round steel bar products, depending on the characteristics of the steel bar: such as its size, length or chemical composition or the process constraints: such as temperature gradients within the bar, energy consumption or process time. This research was funded by KK-2025/00041 and KK-2023/00020 projects by the Basque Government under its ELKARTEK Research Program.
| Speaker Company/University | Pello Jimbert |
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