Abstract:
El objeto de la invencion es un método de combustion para fundir gas, en el cual el combustible y el oxidante ambos son alimentados con el fin de extender el contacto del combustible/oxidante durante un tiempo y de incrementar el volumen de este contacto con el proposito, en particular, de limitar los picos de temperatura y de reducir la emision de NOx. La invencion también se refiere al horno de vidrio implementando tal método.
Abstract:
Method for preparing glass-silicate from silica and appropriate metal compounds according to the method of melting with thermal pretreatment of the mixture; one of the essential components of the mixture is preheated by means of the heat-energy contained in the residual gas and/or by means of heat-energy coming from other sources; this essential component is thus homogeneously mixed with other component then the heated mixture is brougth to the melting stage. Preheating of the principal component can be carried on until a temperature range provides to the preheated mixture a mean temperature which is below the melting temperature of the alcaline and alcaline-hearth metal components. The main preheated component is for instance sand. If the heat-energy contained within the residual gas is to be recovered, the residual gas must be circulated through heat exchangers.
Abstract:
A burner arrangement for heating glass melting tanks has a burner block (1) set into the wall of the glass meling tank, with an opening area (2) enlarged towards the inside of the glass melting end, and a burner lance whose longitudinal axis (15) is tiltable and whose end at the side of the burner block is provided with a burner nozzle (12) with a burner nozzle cap (13). In order to reduce the NOx content of the hot smoke gasses, the burner nozzle (12) is arranged in a nozzle bearing block (5) mounted on the free outer surface (4) of the burner block (1) and having an inner surface section (11) crowned so as to taper towards the burner block (1). The burner nozzle cap (13) is correspondingly crowned at its end section (14) at the side of the burner block, so that it may be set on the crowned inner surface section (11) of the nozzle bearing block (5).
Abstract:
An oxygen-fuel firing system for a furnace comprising separate, spread apart nozzles for introducing gaseous streams of oxygen and fuel into the furnace at spaced apart locations. The gaseous streams merge within the furnace away from the furnace walls and crown. Thus, the main combustion within the furnace takes place in the central portion of the furnace where a broad flame cloud is created. The broad flame cloud provides a more uniform temperature profile within the furnace for a more efficient processing of materials being melted in the furnace.
Abstract:
A furnace for melting and refining E glass comprises a melting and refining tank for melting and refining the glass batch materials into glass and a forhearth, downstream of the tank, for further refining the glass and delivering the glass to fiberizing means. The melting and refining tank is heated with oxygen fired burners. The oxygen fired burners in the melting and refining tank are located in the sidewalls at the upstream end of the tank and extend for about one-third the length of the tank. In one embodiment, burners are also located in the upstream end wall. This arrangement of the oxygen fired burners at the upstream end of the melting and refining tank moves the melter hot spot upstream for better refining of the glass and enables the furnace to produce a higher output of glass than can be obtained in a conventional E glass furnace of the same size.
Abstract:
A rotary batch preheating kiln feeding batch materials to a batch liquefying vessel is separated from the liquefying vessel by a transition section including duct means to direct exhaust gas from the liquefying vessel to the interior of the rotary kiln at a location spaced from the discharge location of the kiln. The transition section also shields the rotary kiln from radiant heat from the liquefaction vessel.
Abstract:
Process control method and apparatus for an ablation liquefaction chamber including primary and secondary burners positioned to direct a primary combustion flame for electively heating portions of the chamber interior for control of product temperature and chamber pessure.
Abstract:
In a method of liquefying glass batch the initial step of melting glass, converting particulate batch materials to a partially melted, liquefied state, is carried out on a support surface of batch. As liquefied batch is drained from the surface, additional batch is fed onto the surface to maintain the volume of the stable mass of batch substantially constant.
Abstract:
Apparatus is provided for the flow control of the flue gas to combustion air ratio in a reversible regenerative heating system of the type comprising a pair of regenerators, a first line 7 for supplying air to the regenerators, a second line 8 for removing flue gas from the regenerators, and valves 9,10 respectively for controlling the flow rate of air in the first line 7 and the flow rate of the flue gas in the second line 8. The apparatus comprises a third line 21 adapted to provide a slave flow of fluid proportional to the flow rate of the flue gas, thermistor type anemometers 17 and 18 for sensing the flow rates of combustion air and fluid and a ratio controller 24 for adjusting the flue gas damper valve 10 in accordance with the flow rates so sensed to maintain the ratio of the flue gas to combustion air at a predetermined ratio.