Design of Waste Heat Boiler for Scranton Army Ammunition Plant

Abstract

The Army Ammunition Plant at Scranton, Pennsylvania, has rotary hearth furnaces to heat billets for the forging operation. Mechanical Technology Incorporated established the economic and operational feasibility of waste heat recovery from the most used furnaces. The flue gas flow and temperature were measured, and an energy balance was performed. Gas flow and temperature were found suitable for a small waste heat boiler. During the course of testing a flow control problem was discovered. MTI suggests that this defect be corrected before the installation of a waste heat recovery system. After exploring several concepts, MTI designed a waste heat recovery system having minimal influence on the forging operation. The payback period of 1.54 years is attractive. Also, a rigorous economic evaluation (the present worth analysis), indicates that a waste heat recovery system would be a valuable addition to the Scranton plant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094752

Entities

People

  • George Scullin
  • Robert J. Krowech

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Combustion Products
  • Concept 1
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flow
  • Flue Gases
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Recovery
  • Investments
  • Measurement
  • United States

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