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Introduction of graphitization furnace

Graphitization is a process of graphitization of carbon materials at high temperatures above

2000 degrees Celsius. There are few materials in nature that can adapt to high temperatures of
2000-3000 degrees Celsius. Only carbon materials are materials that can withstand high
temperature, corrosion, and conduct electricity. Therefore, the carbon material is also the main
structural material of the graphitization furnace.

Acheson Graphitization Furnace

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Since Acheson obtained a patent for the production of graphite products in the United States
in 1895, the Acheson-type graphitization furnace based on Acheson's principles has been
continuously improved. However, furnace materials, furnace structure, furnace technology, and
furnace energy consumption have not progressed much. It was not until the 1960s that the AC
furnace was improved to a DC furnace that the graphitization technology changed. Both the DC
graphitization furnace and the AC graphitization furnace belong to the Acheson furnace.
Compared with the AC graphitization furnace, DC graphitization technology has begun to
develop in developed countries in Europe and America. Compared with the AC graphitization
furnace, it has significant advantages such as large capacity, good product quality and low
energy consumption, which has attracted widespread interest and attention from all over the
world.

Kastner Furnace (Lengthwise Graphitization Furnace)

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It is a kind of resistance furnace that directly connects the electric current into the baked
products in series, uses the resistance of the product itself to convert the electric energy into heat
energy, and graphitizes the products. It was first invented and patented by Castner in 1896. It is
characterized by energy saving and fast graphitization.

The above two graphitization processes are intermittent, with high energy consumption, large
pollution and difficult purification.

Carbon-savvy people are working hard to find a better graphitization method, hoping that the
continuous graphitization process will become the mainstream process.

Continuous graphitization furnace

When the graphitization temperature reaches 3000K, the theoretical power consumption of
graphitization for 1 ton of baked products is 1360kwh. The actual power consumption of
graphitization in the production of carbon products is usually 4000-5500kwh/t, which is 3~4
times of the theoretical power consumption. Therefore, reducing the power consumption of
graphitization in carbon production has always been a research topic that engineers and
technicians attach great importance to, and it is also the key to reducing costs and improving
benefits for carbon product manufacturers.

Graphitization furnace is one of the key equipments for the production of carbon products and
also one of the equipments with the largest energy consumption.

The production of carbon-graphite products requires a large amount of energy and energy
consumption, which accounts for about 30% to 40% of the production cost of carbon products.
The graphitization process in the carbon production process is also a major energy consumer,
and its power consumption accounts for about 70% of the total power consumption of product
production.

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Therefore, the research and improvement of the graphitization process and the graphitization
furnace, as well as the improvement of the quality of the graphitized products, have always been
the important missions of carbon engineering and technical personnel.

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