Rotary Batch Preheater
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230040599A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17880253

    申请日:2022-08-03

    IPC分类号: C03B3/02 F28D11/04 F28D13/00

    摘要: Rotary heat-exchanger for glass batch and/or cullet, comprising a stationary casing having a gas inlet and outlet, and an interior region between the gas inlet and outlet; a chamber positioned in the casing rotatable with respect to the casing and configured to receive batch material or a mixture with cullet; at least one heat exchange tube in the casing in fluid communication with the gas inlet and outlet; a feeder in communication with the chamber and comprising a feeder housing configured to discharge the batch material or mixture of batch material and cullet into the chamber along an infeed length and in contact with the at least one tube; wherein the infeed length is a length effective to heat the batch or mixture with cullet material up to at least 100° C. in the infeed length. A method of preheating glass batch is also disclosed.

    System and method of operating a batch melting furnace

    公开(公告)号:US11441206B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US15989945

    申请日:2018-05-25

    摘要: A system and method of controlling a metal melting process in a melting furnace, including determining at least one furnace parameter characterizing a melting furnace, adding a charge containing solid metal into the melting furnace, detecting at least one charge parameter characterizing the charge, firing a burner into the melting furnace to provide heat to melt the charge, and exhausting burner combustion products from the furnace, detecting at least one process parameter characterizing progress of melting the charge, calculating a furnace efficiency based on the at least one furnace parameter, calculating a predicted process pour readiness time based on the at least one charge parameter, the at least one process parameter, and the furnace efficiency, and controlling the metal melting process based on the predicted process pour readiness time.

    Batch charger for a melting chamber

    公开(公告)号:US11358895B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16192196

    申请日:2018-11-15

    摘要: A feed assembly for a melting chamber having a plurality of walls and at least one submerged burner, and related methods of its operation are disclosed. The feed assembly includes a tubular body being hollow and having a first end and extending to a second end. The second end is for connecting to one of the plurality of walls. The tubular body further includes a port proximate the second end wherein the port has a first port end and tapers radially inwardly to a second port end at the second end. The feed assembly also has a batch charger disposed within the tubular body and having a first charger end and extending to a second charger end.

    SUBMERGED BURNER FURNACE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210395127A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17279329

    申请日:2019-09-25

    摘要: A for melting batch material includes a furnace equipped with a submerged burner, a system for supplying the submerged burner with fuel gas and with oxidizer, a system for supplying the furnace with raw material including fragments of mineral wool below the surface of the molten batch materials, a system for supplying the furnace with raw material including a vertical duct for receiving raw material through its upper side and for conveying this raw material downward toward the molten batch materials. The duct receives the combustion flue gases originating from the furnace and conveys them upward through the raw material in the duct. A system supports the solid raw material in the duct and is positioned above the surface of the molten batch material and retains the solid raw material in the duct and lets descending molten raw material pass through to fall into the molten batch material.

    System for Preheating Glass Melting Furnace Batch Materials

    公开(公告)号:US20200317556A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16910282

    申请日:2020-06-24

    IPC分类号: C03B3/02 C03B5/235 C03B1/00

    摘要: A system for preheating batch materials in a glass melting furnace includes: a preheater configured to receive unheated batch materials and to deliver heated batch materials, the preheater including an outlet configured to exhaust fluid from the preheater and an inlet configured to receive exhaust fluid from the glass melting furnace and exhaust fluid recirculated from the outlet of the preheater; a fan configured to provide ambient air to a furnace flue; a valve configured to control an amount of the ambient air to the furnace flue; a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of exhaust gases in the furnace flue; and a temperature controller configured to control the valve and the fan responsive to the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING PRE-HEATED PARTICULATE MINERAL MATERIAL FOR MAKING A MINERAL MELT

    公开(公告)号:US20180354836A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US15780717

    申请日:2016-12-01

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for making a mineral melt having a cyclone furnace and a separating cyclone, said apparatus further having a device for supplying pre-heated particulate mineral material from a bottom of the separating cyclone to an inlet of the cyclone furnace. A material receiving conduit adapted for receiving the pre-heated particulate mineral material from the bottom outlet of the separating cyclone, in which the material receiving conduit has a first pressure. An outlet conduit supplying the particulate mineral material to the inlet of the cyclone furnace having a second pressure, wherein said second pressure is higher than said first pressure, and the particulate mineral material is fluidised and flows from the material receiving conduit to the outlet conduit. A gas-lock valve is provided between said material receiving conduit and said outlet conduit.