Methods and Limits for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Modular-Pouring Electric Furnaces for Firing Vermiculite. Transitioning to a New Concept

Abstract

Methods of making modular-pouring electric furnaces that are used to fire vermiculite more energy-efficient and reliable are analyzed. Limits on improving these furnaces and the reasons for those limits are identified, and the main principles behind the concept of a new generation of furnaces—electric furnaces with a vibrating hearth platform— are elaborated.