Lid heater for glass melter
Abstract
A glass melter having a lid electrode for heating the glass melt radiantly. The electrode comprises a series of INCONEL 690 tubes running above the melt across the melter interior and through the melter walls and having nickel cores inside the tubes beginning where the tubes leave the melter interior and nickel connectors to connect the tubes electrically in series. An applied voltage causes the tubes to generate heat of electrical resistance for melting frit injected onto the melt. The cores limit heat generated as the current passes through the walls of the melter. Nickel bus connection to the electrical power supply minimizes heat transfer away from the melter that would occur if standard copper or water-cooled copper connections were used between the supply and the INCONEL 690 heating tubes.
- Inventors:
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- 617 Chestnut Ct., Aiken, SC 29803
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869072
- Patent Number(s):
- 5271032
- Assignee:
- Phillips, Terrance D. (617 Chestnut Ct., Aiken, SC 29803)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- lid; heater; glass; melter; electrode; heating; melt; radiantly; comprises; series; inconel; 690; tubes; running; interior; walls; nickel; cores; inside; beginning; leave; connectors; connect; electrically; applied; voltage; causes; generate; heat; electrical; resistance; melting; frit; injected; limit; generated; current; passes; bus; connection; power; supply; minimizes; transfer; occur; standard; copper; water-cooled; connections; electrical power; heat transfer; power supply; electrical resistance; heat generated; glass melt; applied voltage; glass melter; electrode comprises; current passes; heating tube; current pass; /373/65/
Citation Formats
Phillips, Terrance D. Lid heater for glass melter. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Phillips, Terrance D. Lid heater for glass melter. United States.
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"Lid heater for glass melter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869072.
@article{osti_869072,
title = {Lid heater for glass melter},
author = {Phillips, Terrance D},
abstractNote = {A glass melter having a lid electrode for heating the glass melt radiantly. The electrode comprises a series of INCONEL 690 tubes running above the melt across the melter interior and through the melter walls and having nickel cores inside the tubes beginning where the tubes leave the melter interior and nickel connectors to connect the tubes electrically in series. An applied voltage causes the tubes to generate heat of electrical resistance for melting frit injected onto the melt. The cores limit heat generated as the current passes through the walls of the melter. Nickel bus connection to the electrical power supply minimizes heat transfer away from the melter that would occur if standard copper or water-cooled copper connections were used between the supply and the INCONEL 690 heating tubes.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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