Title: Submerged combustion melting processes for producing glass and similar materials, and systems for carrying out such processes

Abstract

Processes of controlling submerged combustion melters, and systems for carrying out the methods. One process includes feeding vitrifiable material into a melter vessel, the melter vessel including a fluid-cooled refractory panel in its floor, ceiling, and/or sidewall, and heating the vitrifiable material with a burner directing combustion products into the melting zone under a level of the molten material in the zone. Burners impart turbulence to the molten material in the melting zone. The fluid-cooled refractory panel is cooled, forming a modified panel having a frozen or highly viscous material layer on a surface of the panel facing the molten material, and a sensor senses temperature of the modified panel using a protected thermocouple positioned in the modified panel shielded from direct contact with turbulent molten material. Processes include controlling the melter using the temperature of the modified panel. Other processes and systems are presented.

Inventors:

Charbonneau, Mark William

Issue Date:

2015-08-04

Research Org.:

Johns Manville, Denver, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1207286

Patent Number(s):

9096453

Application Number:

13/493,219

Assignee:

Johns Manville (Denver, CO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES

C03B2211/22 - by direct combustion in the melt
C03B2211/70 - Skull melting, i.e. melting or refining in cooled wall crucibles or within solidified glass crust, e.g. in continuous walled vessels
C03B3/023 - {Preheating}
C03B5/04 - in tank furnaces {
C03B5/167 - Means for preventing damage to equipment, e.g. by molten glass, hot gases, batches
C03B5/205 - {Mechanical means for skimming or scraping the melt surface}
C03B5/2356 - {Submerged heating, e.g. by using heat pipes, hot gas or submerged combustion burners
C03B5/24 - Automatically regulating the melting process
C03B5/44 - Cooling arrangements for furnace walls
C03B7/06 - Means for thermal conditioning or controlling the temperature of the glass

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

Y02P40/50 - Glass production

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DOE Contract Number:  

FC36-03GO13092

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 11

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS