Presentation Code: R1-TS33-PP04

By studying the burning process and heat transfer inside an unshielded radiant tube it is observed that the wall temperature of the tube is not uniform, high at the burner side (707C) and much lower at the burned gases exhaust fan side (231C). The solution, presentRadiant tube ed as a novelty, is using a cover shield around the tube to uniform the wall temperature, obtaining thermal comfort in a radiant tube heated room.
Cover shield

Burner

St=1m2
qgt=(ac+ar)*(Tg-Tt)
Radiant tube Radiation shield

Shielded radiant part

Unshielded radiant part

Te qte=co*10-8 *(Tt4 -Te4) qe0=dt/de*co*10-8*(Te4-T04)

Envirorment

Radiant tube partially shielded

T0 Te

qe = dt/de * qt

Methods

To

qt = Q/(*dt*x) Tt Q = cpg*Dg*(Tgi-Tge) = (c+r)*(Tg-Tt)* /(*dt*x)

Tgi

A new calculus program, named TUBECR was conceived for the heat flux calculus, which calculates the temperatures along the radiant tube wall. The calculus is made both for an unshielded radiant tube and for the tube with 1, 2 and 3 meters long cover shield. Results Mounting the concentric cover on the initial part of the radiant tube creates a radiation shielding effect, diminishing the outside temperature of the radiant tube. The diagrams and the table (Figure 6) illustrate the temperature variation of the radiant tube wall from the burner (shielded part) to the burned gases exhaust fan. Conclusions Radiant tubes with cover shield are a novelty, with great chances of becoming very efficient solutions. The cover works like a thermal shield, reducing the radiant heat flux by half with an absolute temperature equal to the geometric ratio of the tube and environment temperature.
Author: EC.DR.ING . IOAN CALDARE

Tg

Tge