Heattreating: Energy Consumption

Equipment
Combustion Technology
Energy Consumption
Process Description
R&D Trends

Typical batch annealing furnace energy consumption is on the order or 1.2 MMBtu/ton. Direct fired recuperative burners can achieve 0.85 MMBtu/ton. Energy consumption for a continuous strip annealing line ranges from 1-1.5 MMBtu/ton.