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. 3 figures.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5322725
- Patent Number(s):
- 5271032
- Assignee:
- PTO; EDB-94-043640
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 14 Jan 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; GLASS; MELTING; KILNS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC HEATING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; WASTE FORMS; HEATING; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing
Citation Formats
Phillips, T D. Lid heater for glass melter. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Phillips, T D. Lid heater for glass melter. United States.
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"Lid heater for glass melter". United States.
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title = {Lid heater for glass melter},
author = {Phillips, T 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. 3 figures.},
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year = {1993},
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