Energy Balance: Performing Energy Usefulness in AISI 304 Welding

Abstract

Many researches on welding efficiencies have already been conducted, but very few of them take attention on energy usefulness in workpiece welding zone. Energy usefulness profile can be used as a reference in developing a thermodynamics model to predict post welding material properties and material behavior. The aim of this study is to obtain energy usefulness in AISI 304 welding. The study utilizes finding from previous researches to analyze and calculate the amount of energy received by a workpiece and the energy which distributed to fusion zone, high temperature heat affected zone, low temperature heat affected zone and unaffected base metal. Metal casting theory approach is required to identify useful work process in welding. AISI 304 post welding energy usefulness profiles are then performed in an energy balance diagram. The result of this study shows that energy usefulness decreases when the zone distance from the center of welding increase. The finding has a good agreement with entropy state function theory.