TY - JFULL AU - Mohamed Hafid and Marcel Lacroix PY - 2016/8/ TI - Inverse Heat Transfer Analysis of a Melting Furnace Using Levenberg-Marquardt Method T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 1269 EP - 1277 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004917 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 115, 2016 N2 - This study presents a simple inverse heat transfer procedure for predicting the wall erosion and the time-varying thickness of the protective bank that covers the inside surface of the refractory brick wall of a melting furnace. The direct problem is solved by using the Finite-Volume model. The melting/solidification process is modeled using the enthalpy method. The inverse procedure rests on the Levenberg-Marquardt method combined with the Broyden method. The effect of the location of the temperature sensors and of the measurement noise on the inverse predictions is investigated. Recommendations are made concerning the location of the temperature sensor. ER -