Qi Jianwei（祁建伟）, Hu Weilin(胡桅林),Guo Zengyuan(过 增元)

Department of Engineering Mechanics,Tsinghua Uni versity,Beijing 100084

Abstract An integral mathematical model has been developed to simulate the performance of a glass melting system.The heart of th e model is a three\|dimensional flow and heat transfer model capable of calculat ing t he glass flow and temperature distribution in the melt. The glass quality is pre d icted by using additional sub\|models for flow tracking, melting kinetics, homog en izing, refining, and refractory corrosion. A sample result is presented to illus trate the analysis of the glass melting process.

Key words: glass melting process;homogenizing;ma thematical model;three dimensional