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Fluidmechanical field investigations
Experimental model investigations
Simulation of processes and plants 
Melting metallurgy
Flow conditions in furnace chambers
Fume exhaust and dust extraction systems
Fluid Mechanics


Dipl.-Ing. S.Rödl • Tel: 0211 / 6707 - 294 • E-Mail: sigurd.roedl@bfi.de

Flow condition optimisation for processes, plant and equipment
• Mass and heat transfer
• Mixing and separation
• Dissolution, melting and solidification
• Exhausting and cleaning of gas
• Surface finishing

Our services
• Guidance and advice relating to fluid mechanics and fluids engineering
• On-site investigations
• Experimental model investigations in a modern fluid-flow laboratory
• Computer simulation

Operational benefits
• Boosting of plant and equipment efficiency
• Increase in productivity
• Improvement of quality
• Conservation of resources

Examples of applications
• Melting reduction reactors in iron and steel making
• Fume extraction systems, electrostatic precipitators, hot blast
  heaters/recuperators
• Industrial furnaces, firing boxes, combustion chambers, fluidised bed systems,
  sinter plants, coking plants, cowpers, mixing chambers
• Surface treatment and coating lines, stirrers
• Flow conditions in industial facilities and bulk material storage locations