Thermally efficient melting and fuel reforming for glass making

Patent · 15 October 1991

OSTI ID:7278995

Chen, M S; Painter, C F; Pastore, S P; Roth, G S; Winchester, D C

An integrated process is described for utilizing waste heat from a glass making furnace. The hot off-gas from the furnace is initially partially cooled, then fed to a reformer. In the reformer, the partially cooled off-gas is further cooled against a hydrocarbon which is thus reformed into a synthesis gas, which is then fed into the glass making furnace as a fuel. The further cooled off-gas is then recycled back to absorb the heat from the hot off-gas to perform the initial cooling. 2 figures.

• Research Organization: Air Products and Chemicals Inc
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-89CE40917
• Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5057133
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-547894
• OSTI ID: 7278995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320304* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
CATALYTIC REFORMING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GLASS INDUSTRY
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECYCLING
REFORMER PROCESSES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES