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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRECISION ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 903-909 JUNE 2013 / 903 © KSPE and Springer 2013 Reduction of Heat Losses for the In-line Induction Heating System by Optimization of Thermal Insulation Hong-Seok Park 1,# and Xuan-Phuong Dang 1 1 Laboratory for Production Engineering, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan, Korea, 680-749 # Corresponding Author / E-mail: [email protected], TEL: +82-52-259-1458, FAX: +82-52-259-1680 KEYWORDS: Thermal insulation, Induction heating, Energy-savings, Optimization Improving the electrical energy efficiency of the manufacturing process is the imperative task to resolve the cost-saving pressure and environmental legislations. This paper focuses on a study on the thermal efficiency of the in-line induction heating systems that are using in the hot forging applications. Besides optimizing the process parameters that increase the electromagnetic and thermal efficiency, reducing the heat losses to the surrounding air is one of the practical ways to save the operating energy. The weakness of the current in-line induction heating systems were pointed out, and we proposed an insulating system to reduce the heat losses caused by convection and radiation. The analytical model of the heat transfer and the simulation model were built to calculate and verify the thermal efficiency of the insulating covers. The results show that using insulating covers at the open spaces between adjacent heaters of an in-line induction heating for automotive crankshaft forging can approximately reduce 9% of heat losses compared with the energy stored in the workpiece. The best values of the geometrical design parameters of the insulating cover were determined by solving the constrained optimization that considers some technological aspects of the proposed insulating system. This work is intended as a contribution to make the hot forging industry become greener and more efficient in terms of saving operating energy. Manuscript received: October 2, 2012 / Accepted: February 17, 2013 1. Introduction Energy-savings considerations in manufacturing processes have been drawing a great attention to the researchers and manufacturers because of the ecological issues, cost-saving pressure, and new environmental legislations. 1 Improvement of machining and process efficiency for manufacturing is one of the promising solutions. 2,3 For hot forging industry, induction heating process has been considered as a high productivity, repeatable quality, and green heating technology compared to fuel-fired furnaces. This is the reason why induction heating, a best available heating technology, is preferred in forging manufacturing. 4,5 Induction heating prior to hot forging requires a huge amount of electrical energy for heating a steel workpiece with large volume from the ambient temperature to approximately 1150 ~ 1250 o C. Therefore, the heat losses account for a great number, and the increase in the thermal efficiency of the heating system significantly saves the consumed energy. Solutions for saving energy for industrial induction heating may include the energy management, innovative components of induction devices, energy recovery, and adaptive control. 6 Diverse published works devoted to optimization of induction heating, 7-13 but most of them focused on how to minimize the temperature deviation at the end of the heating process. Studies on minimizing the energy consumption for particular manufacturing processes have been still dimmed although NOMENCLATURE α = heat-transfer coefficient (W/m 2o C) λ = thermal conduction (W/m o C) ε = emissivity ν = kinematic viscosity (m 2 /s) σ = Stefan-Boltzmann constant (W/m 2 .K 4 ) q = heat transfer rate per unit length (W/m) t = temperature ( o C) Gr = Grashof number Nu = Nusselt number Pr = Prandtl number Ra = Raleigh number DOI: 10.1007/s12541-013-0119-6

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  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRECISION ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 903-909 JUNE 2013 / 903

    KSPE and Springer 2013

    Reduction of Heat Losses for the In-line InductionHeating System by Optimization of Thermal Insulation

    Hong-Seok Park1,# and Xuan-Phuong Dang1

    1 Laboratory for Production Engineering, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan, Korea, 680-749# Corresponding Author / E-mail: [email protected], TEL: +82-52-259-1458, FAX: +82-52-259-1680

    KEYWORDS: Thermal insulation, Induction heating, Energy-savings, Optimization

    Improving the electrical energy efficiency of the manufacturing process is the imperative task to resolve the cost-saving pressure and

    environmental legislations. This paper focuses on a study on the thermal efficiency of the in-line induction heating systems that are

    using in the hot forging applications. Besides optimizing the process parameters that increase the electromagnetic and thermal

    efficiency, reducing the heat losses to the surrounding air is one of the practical ways to save the operating energy. The weakness of

    the current in-line induction heating systems were pointed out, and we proposed an insulating system to reduce the heat losses caused

    by convection and radiation. The analytical model of the heat transfer and the simulation model were built to calculate and verify the

    thermal efficiency of the insulating covers. The results show that using insulating covers at the open spaces between adjacent heaters

    of an in-line induction heating for automotive crankshaft forging can approximately reduce 9% of heat losses compared with the

    energy stored in the workpiece. The best values of the geometrical design parameters of the insulating cover were determined by

    solving the constrained optimization that considers some technological aspects of the proposed insulating system. This work is intended

    as a contribution to make the hot forging industry become greener and more efficient in terms of saving operating energy.

    Manuscript received: October 2, 2012 / Accepted: February 17, 2013

    1. Introduction

    Energy-savings considerations in manufacturing processes have

    been drawing a great attention to the researchers and manufacturers

    because of the ecological issues, cost-saving pressure, and new

    environmental legislations.1 Improvement of machining and process

    efficiency for manufacturing is one of the promising solutions.2,3 For

    hot forging industry, induction heating process has been considered as

    a high productivity, repeatable quality, and green heating technology

    compared to fuel-fired furnaces. This is the reason why induction

    heating, a best available heating technology, is preferred in forging

    manufacturing.4,5 Induction heating prior to hot forging requires a huge

    amount of electrical energy for heating a steel workpiece with large

    volume from the ambient temperature to approximately 1150 ~ 1250oC.

    Therefore, the heat losses account for a great number, and the increase

    in the thermal efficiency of the heating system significantly saves the

    consumed energy.

    Solutions for saving energy for industrial induction heating may

    include the energy management, innovative components of induction

    devices, energy recovery, and adaptive control.6 Diverse published

    works devoted to optimization of induction heating,7-13 but most of

    them focused on how to minimize the temperature deviation at the end

    of the heating process. Studies on minimizing the energy consumption

    for particular manufacturing processes have been still dimmed although

    NOMENCLATURE

    = heat-transfer coefficient (W/m2oC)

    = thermal conduction (W/moC)

    = emissivity

    = kinematic viscosity (m2/s)

    = Stefan-Boltzmann constant (W/m2.K4)

    q = heat transfer rate per unit length (W/m)

    t = temperature (oC)

    Gr = Grashof number

    Nu = Nusselt number

    Pr = Prandtl number

    Ra = Raleigh number

    DOI: 10.1007/s12541-013-0119-6

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    the producers of induction heaters are trying to increase the efficiency

    of their products. Besides the optimization of process parameters,

    practical solution that reduces the heat losses caused by radiation and

    convection is an efficient way for saving the energy consumption.14

    However, the study of reducing heat losses in the induction heating line

    has not been focused adequately. This work tried to analyze the heat

    losses through radiation and convection in order to find the solution for

    saving energy in the in-line induction heating system.

    2. State of the Research

    This work aims at increasing energy efficiency for a hot forging

    production of the automotive crankshaft in which the reduction of

    thermal losses from the heating system is one of the important targets. As

    previously mentioned, induction heating step is the one that consumes a

    great amount of energy compared with other stages in the forging

    process. Therefore, reduction of heat loss in the induction heating system

    will increase the energy efficiency of the whole forging line.

    The in-line induction system consists of seven heaters (research

    objective) for heating the round steel bars with 97 mm of diameter and

    6000 mm long as shown in Fig. 1. The steel bar moves continuously

    through the in-line heaters with a designated velocity according to the

    cycle time of 25 seconds. In every cycle time, the heated steel bar is cut

    into 460-mm-long workpiece by the hot shearing machine before

    moving to the crankshaft forging die. The rating power of the heating

    line is 4250 kW.

    To increase the energy efficiency of the in-line induction heating,

    optimization the heating parameters and reduction of thermal losses are

    the two potential methods. The way of increasing the energy efficiency

    by process parameter optimization have successfully studied.14 The

    investigation of the real induction heating system was carried out, and

    it was found that the heat losses caused by convection and radiation at

    the open spaces where the heated billet exposes to the ambient air

    account for a significant amount of energy. The Figure 2 illustrates the

    diagram of energy flow in the induction heating process in which

    radiation accounts for an important portion. Table 1 and Figure 3 shows

    the thermal losses of an induction heating line with seven heaters as

    shown in the Figure 1.14 The notation t1 in the Table 1 is the

    temperature at the surface of the heated workpiece obtained by using

    a pyrometer at seven open spaces in the heating line. The heat flux

    caused by convection and radiation per unit length (qconv and qrad) are

    estimated by popular heat transfer formulas. In the in-line induction

    heating, because the induction heaters are connected one by one, and

    there are open spaces between heaters, the losses caused by radiation

    and convection are remarkable. The total heat losses at the open spaces

    between the heaters account for 82.2 KW, equivalent to 9.4% of the

    heat energy stored in the SCM440 steel workpiece with 460 mm when

    heating from 25oC up to 1220oC. However, the forging companies

    dont always pay much attention on this issue due to the lack of the

    study of how to reduce these heat losses and how is the efficient of the

    using the insulation covers. The task of this research focuses on the

    previously mentioned problem. Furthermore, an optimum design of the

    insulating system was proposed to reduce the heat loses with a

    maximum efficiency.

    3. Development of the Insulating Covers to Reduce Heat

    Losses for the In-Line Induction Heating System

    3.1 The proposed thermal insulating system

    The real in-line induction heating system shows that the distance

    between two adjacent heaters usually accounts for 30% of the heater

    Fig. 1 In-line induction heating of a long steel bar prior to hot forging

    Fig. 2 The diagram of energy flow in the induction heating processes

    Table 1 Rate of heat transfer in the case of without insulating cover

    Position t1 (C) qconv (W/m) qrad (W/m) qsum (W/m)

    1 812 2894 15496 18,390

    2 889 3,208 20,413 23,621

    3 950 3,458 25,069 28,527

    4 1030 3,786 32,326 36,113

    5 1160 4,322 47,330 51,653

    6 1200 4,488 52,851 57,339

    7 1220 4,571 55,785 60,356

    Sum of heat losses of seven positions (W/m) 275,999

    Fig. 3 The power of radiation and convection losses at the open spaces

    between heaters without using the insulating covers

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    length because they need spaces for the roller supporting and

    translating the hot and heavy steel bar continuously (see Fig. 1). At

    these open spaces, the extreme hot billet (approximate 800 ~ 1220oC)

    directly exposes to the ambient air. Due to the very high temperature

    at the billet surface, the heat losses caused by radiation and convection

    are considerable. To reduce these losses, the insulating covers at the

    open spaces were proposed as shown in Figure 4.

    Due to the high temperature of the billet, it is found that the special

    materials that can withstand this temperature as shown in Fig. 5. In

    addition, these materials have a good manufacturability with the

    available large size and the ability that can be machined into the

    required shape.

    3.2 Mathematical model for calculating heat transfer

    The insulating device is considered as the multi-layer cylindrical

    wall, including an annulus cylindrical air gap, a ceramic tube, and a

    thin stainless steel cover. In fact, there is an open space below the

    insulating cover; however, this area accounts for a small portion.

    Consequently, this open area is ignored, and the insulating device is

    treated as perfect cylindrical walls. The schematic axisymmetric layout

    of the insulating cover is illustrated in Fig. 6. In addition, other

    assumptions were made:

    - The steady-state working conditions exist,

    - The ceramic insulating layer and the metal cover are isothermal,

    - Air is an ideal gas.

    The heat flux transfers through each layer of insulating cover is

    conservative.

    q = q12 = q24 = q4 (1)

    where q12, q24 and q4 are the heat flux through the air layer, ceramic

    and steel cover layers, and from the outmost cover to the ambient air,

    respectively.

    3.2.1 The heat transfer at the outside of the insulating cover

    The total rate of heat loss from the outmost cover is:

    q4 = q4conv + q4rad (2)

    where q4con and q4rad are the heat losses caused by convection and

    radiation, respectively. q4 is the heat flux per unit length transfers from

    the outmost of the insulating cover to the ambient air (natural

    convection in the infinite space) and can be calculated by assuming that

    the temperature t4 is known.

    (3)

    where d4 is the diameter of the outer of the cover, t4 is the temperature

    at the surface of the cover, and t is the temperature of ambient air as

    shown in Fig. 6.

    (4)

    and Nu is calculated by the formulas15

    (5)

    The Grashof number is calculated as:

    (6)

    where and is the mean film temperature

    The thermal properties of air are assumed to be constant and are

    taken to be the values at the mean film temperature.

    The heat loss caused by radiation is calculated as

    (7)

    q4conv d4 t4 t( ) 4Nu t4 t( )= =

    4Nu

    d4

    ------------=

    Nu 0.360.518 GrPr( )1 4

    1 0.559 Pr( )9 16+[ ]4 9

    ---------------------------------------------------+=

    Grg t

    4t

    ( )d4

    3

    v2

    -----------------------------=

    1

    tf---= tf

    t4

    t

    +

    2-------------=

    q4rad d4 T4

    4T

    4( )=

    Fig. 4 Proposed thermal insulating covers at the open spaces between

    adjacent heaters

    Fig. 5 The selected insulating materials Fig. 6 Schematic axisymmetric layout of the insulating cover

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    3.2.2 The heat transfer through the insulating cover

    The relation between the temperature t2 and t4 can be identified by

    the theory of heat conduction through the cylindrical walls (ceramic

    layer and stainless steel cover) in the steady-state.

    (8)

    in which it is assumed that q24 = q4 is already obtained as shown in

    Section 3.2.1. The meaning of notations in formula (8) is shown in the

    nomenclature and Fig. 6.

    Temperature distribution in the cylindrical wall is

    (9)

    where the subscripts i and i + 1 denote the inside and outside of a

    cylindrical layer.

    3.2.3 The heat transfer through the air gap layer

    To determine the relation between the temperatures t1 and t2 at the

    billets surface and the inner side of insulating cover, respectively (see

    Fig. 6), the equations of heat transfer in the air gap are figured out.

    (10)

    where qconv, qcond and qrad are the heat transfer due to convection,

    conduction, and radiation, respectively.

    The heat flux through the enclosure can be determined from

    (11)

    where is the characteristic length of the enclosure that is the gap or

    the spacing between the hot billet and the ceramic cover

    (12)

    The theory of heat transfer indicates that the air in cylindrical annuli

    (enclosure) behaves like a fluid whose thermal conductivity is Nu as

    the results of convection. The quantity Nu is called the effective or

    apparent thermal conductivity of the cylindrical annuli or enclosure.

    That is16

    or (13)

    The calculation is started by assuming that the temperature inside

    the ceramic cylinder is known (t2), and thus an average temperature

    (t1 + t2)/2 is identified. The property of air is evaluated at this

    temperature.

    The recommended relation for convective thermal conductivity is16

    (14)

    where the geometric factor for concentric cylinders Fcyl is

    (15)

    Then the rate of heat transfer per unit length between the cylindrical

    billet enclosed in a concentric the ceramic tube by convection becomes

    (16)

    The heat transfer per unit length caused by conduction in the air gap

    is calculated as

    (17)

    (18)

    where = 5.67*10-8 (W/m2.K4) is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant; 1

    and 2 are the emissivity of the billet and ceramic, respectively.

    3.3 Solution strategy for calculating the temperatures and the

    rate of heat transfer

    The known temperatures are t1 of the hot billet and the temperature

    t of the ambient air. The rate heat transfer through the insulating cover

    and the temperature distribution depend on the thermal properties of

    insulating materials and their geometrical parameter (thickness or

    diameter, see Fig. 6). The governing equation for determining the heat

    transfer rate and the temperature is the energy balance as shown in

    equation (1). From the equation (1), two equations can be derived as:

    q12 = q24 (19)

    and

    q24 = q4 (20)

    All of the components in Eq. (19) and (20) are identified as shown

    in Section 3.2.

    Assuming that the thickness of the insulating layers are

    predetermined, the system of two equations (19) and (20) can be used

    to determine the temperature t2 and t4 (two equations, two unknown

    variables). All of the components in Eq. (19) and (20) are identified as

    shown in Section 3.2. Whenever t2 or t4 is known, the rate of heat

    transfer (rate of heat losses) is obtained. Then, the heat losses in the

    case of with and without insulating cover can be compared.

    For each value of the thickness 1 and 2, the temperature t2 and t4

    has a certain value. As the result, the value of heat transfer rate also

    changes. Therefore, the optimum value of 1 and 2 that minimize the

    heat losses through the cover in the design pace can be found.

    4. Design Optimization

    The optimization problem is minimizing the heat transferred

    through the insulating cover to reduce the heat losses within some

    constraints of design space of the input design parameters. The problem

    is stated as follows:

    q24

    t2

    t4

    1

    22

    ------------d3

    d2

    -----ln1

    23

    ------------d4

    d3

    -----ln+

    ---------------------------------------------------=

    t ti ti ti 1+( )d

    di----

    ln

    di 1+

    di---------

    ln=

    q12

    q12conv q12cond q12rad+ +=

    Q

    A---- t

    1t2

    ( ) Nu

    --- t

    1t2

    ( )= =

    d2

    d1

    ( )2

    -------------------=

    e Nu=e

    ----- Nu

    =

    e

    ----- 0.386

    Pr

    0.861 Pr+-----------------------

    1 4

    FcylRa( )1 4

    =

    Fcylln d

    2d1

    ( )[ ]4

    3

    d2

    3 5d1

    3 5+( )

    5--------------------------------------=

    q2e

    lnd2

    d1

    -----

    ----------- t1

    t2

    ( )=

    qQ

    L----

    21

    T

    lnd2

    d1

    -----

    -------------------= =

    q12 rad

    d1

    t1

    4t2

    4[ ]

    1

    1

    ----d1

    d2

    -----1

    2

    ---- 1 +

    --------------------------------=

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    Find 1 and 2 that

    minimize q12

    subject to:

    q12 = q24

    q24 = q4

    t2 allowable temperature of ceramic

    d1min d1 d1max

    d2min d2 d2max

    In this optimization problem, it is noted that the objective function

    also be treated as a constraint due to the system of Eq. (19) and (20).

    The input parameters (design variables) are 1, 2, t2 and t4. These

    parameters change within their constraints during the optimization

    process.

    To facilitate the optimization process, the iSight optimization tool

    was adopted. The optimization problem can also be solved by solver

    tool of MS Excel. The optimization process for seven insulating covers

    between seven induction heaters in the heating line is carried out. The

    optimization results are shown in the Table 2. In this Table, t1 is the

    temperature of the surface of the workpiece (input value); t2, t4 and q

    are the considered outputs; 1 and 2 are design variables (thickness of

    insulating covers).

    5. Simulation Verification

    The analytical result was verified by the simulation using ANSYS

    software. Due to the restriction of the combination of convection and

    radiation in the closed closure, only radiating heat transfer through the

    air gap between the hot billet and the inner face of the ceramic was

    done. Radiation heat transfer is dominated in the air gap, so the

    convection and conduction in the air gap can be ignored. Figure 7

    illustrates the FEM model for radiation simulation between the billet

    and the cylindrical ceramic tube. The 2D-thermal element PLANE55

    was used. The radiosity method of ANSYS was adopted for radiation

    analysis. The radiation boundary conditions are the inner surface of the

    ceramic cover and the outer surface of the heated workpiece. The

    temperature of the workpiece is fixed as the temperature due to

    induction heating. The ambient air is 25oC. The input parameters are

    shown in Table 3. Fig. 8 shows the simulation results for the cover at

    the last position of the heating line (the 7th or the hottest position with

    1220oC of the billet). The simulations for other positions were done as

    the same manner.

    The simulation result shows that the temperature t2 inside the

    ceramic tube is 1206oC, lower than the analytical result 4oC. This

    difference is acceptable because the convection and conduction in the

    air gap are ignored. The numerical simulation result implies that the

    analytical model is accurate and believable. As the result, the

    optimization process and the results are adequate. The result in the Fig. 8

    also shows that the temperature in the inner surface of ceramic cover

    Table 2 Temperature distribution, rate of heat transfer, and the

    optimum thickness of insulating layers in the case of using covers

    Pos. t1 (oC) t2 (

    oC) t4 (oC) q (W/m) 1 (m) 2 (m)

    1 812 799.4 109.1 896.5 0.02 0.08

    2 889 877.5 115.6 989.4 0.02 0.08

    3 950 939.3 120.7 1,063.1 0.02 0.08

    4 1,030 1,020.1 127.1 1,159.9 0.02 0.08

    5 1,160 1,151.5 137.2 1,317.3 0.02 0.08

    6 1,200 1,191.9 140.2 1,365.8 0.02 0.08

    7 1,220 1,210.0 151.2 1,748.1 0.045 0.078

    Sum of heat losses (W/m) 8540.1

    Table 3 The values of parameters for heat transfer simulation in the

    insulating cover

    Parameter Value Unit Parameter Value Unit

    t 25oC 4 0.0378 W/m

    oC

    t1 1220oC 1 0.79

    t2 1210oC 2 0.9

    tair 25oC Pr air 0.701

    2 0.16 W/moC 4 0.0718 W/m

    oC

    3 16.3 W/moC air 0.000155 m

    2/s

    Fig. 7 The FEM model for radiation simulation between the billet and

    the ceramic tube

    Fig. 8 Simulation result of heat transfer (temperature distribution) by

    radiation in the insulating cover

    Table 4 Comparision of heat losses (kW) in two cases: without and

    with insulating devices

    Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sum

    Without

    insulation5.52 7.09 8.56 10.83 15.50 17.20 18.11 82.8

    With

    insulation0.27 0.30 0.32 0.35 0.40 0.41 0.52 2.6

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    is very high; however, the temperature at the outmost surface of the

    cover drops dramatically, from 1206oC down to approximate 151oC.

    This effect results in a good insulation or an effective reduction of heat

    losses.

    6. Results and Discussions

    The geometrical parameters of the insulating covers at different

    positions were obtained by solving the optimization problem as

    mentioned in Section 5. Changing the input parameter t1 and the

    constraint for the temperature t2 as well as the geometrical constraints

    for 1 and 2 of different insulating covers at different positions in the

    heating line, the optimum values of the 1 , 2 and the rate of heat

    transfer are obtained. The final result shows that using insulating

    covers at seven open spaces reduces the heat losses from 9.4% down

    to 0.3% (82.8 kW down to 2.6 kW, see Table 4) compared with the

    energy stored in the workpiece (saving around 9.1%). The data in Tale

    4 were obtained by calculating the radiation and convection energy per

    unit time in two cases. In the first case, the hot billet is exposed directly

    to the ambient air without insulating cover. The second case uses the

    insulating covers with the dimensions and temperature obtained from

    the optimization results in Section 4.

    It can be found that the increase of the temperature t2 can reduce the

    heat loss caused by radiation but affect the service life of the insulating

    cover. In addition, the smaller 1 thickness results in the higher t2 and

    the smaller heat losses. It is easy to conclude that increasing the

    thickness 2 of the insulating ceramic layer, the heat losses will be

    reduced. However, if the upper range of the t2 is intercepted due to the

    safety of the insulating material, the thickness 2 may not reach its

    upper range. The optimum value of 1 tends to converge to the lower

    margin because the lower value of 1, the higher of t2 and lower heat

    losses caused by radiation (see equation 18). This trend of 1 brings the

    advantage for the insulating system because the smaller air gap protects

    the heater against overheat compared to the insulating cover with the

    big air gap 1.

    It is clear that the insulating system is very effective for saving the

    energy. It is also simple in terms of structure, low cost, easy to

    manufacture and assembly. The insulating ceramic material which can

    withstand up to 1300oC helps the cover work safely without cooling

    circuit. A thin stainless steel for the outmost layer is chosen in order to

    lower the emissivity and protect the oxidization process of the

    insulating system.

    7. Conclusion and Future Work

    In summary, this paper practically studies on the heat losses

    reduction in the in-line induction heating. It is found that the heat losses

    caused by the radiation and convection at the open spaces between

    adjacent heaters of the induction heating line for forging the automotive

    crankshaft account for 9.4% of the energy stored in the workpiece. A

    proper insulating system with optimum structure and specification was

    proposed and designed; the heat losses are reduced significantly as

    shown by the results of calculation (9.1% reduction compared to

    without the insulating system). The cost for making the insulating

    system is not high, and it can work without maintenance. Therefore,

    this is an effective way for saving energy for the induction heating

    system. The working environment for the worker is improved due to

    the reduction of the radiation and temperature in the shop floor.

    Instead of using the simulation-based optimization, the analytical

    approach for minimizing the heat losses and optimizing the design

    parameters of the insulating system was adopted. This method

    significantly reduces the computing time and obtains a reliable solution

    because of the solid foundation of the theory of the engineering heat

    transfer. The simulation tool was applied to verify the analytical results.

    The real insulating system will be manufactured, implemented and

    tested at the forging factory. At that time, the temperature of the heated

    workpiece will increase due to the heat losses reduction. Consequently,

    it is necessary to adjust and apply the optimization the processing

    parameters of the induction heating line. The holistic combination of

    new optimum heating parameters and a proper insulating system will

    be implemented.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    This work was supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy,

    Korea, under the International Collaborative R & D Program hosted by

    the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.

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