Thermally efficient melting for glass making
Abstract
The present invention is an integrated process for the production of glass utilizing combustion heat to melt glassmaking materials in a glassmaking furnace. The fuel combusted to produce heat sufficient to melt the glassmaking materials is combusted with oxygen-enriched oxidant to reduce heat losses from the offgas of the glassmaking furnace. The process further reduces heat losses by quenching hot offgas from the glassmaking furnace with a process stream to retain the heat recovered from quench in the glassmaking process with subsequent additional heat recovery by heat exchange of the fuel to the glassmaking furnace, as well as the glassmaking materials, such as batch and cullet. The process includes recovery of a commercially pure carbon dioxide product by separatory means from the cooled, residual offgas from the glassmaking furnace.
- Inventors:
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- Zionsville, PA
- Allentown, PA
- Trexlertown, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC
- OSTI Identifier:
- 867766
- Patent Number(s):
- 5006141
- Assignee:
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25J - LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS {OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS} MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT {OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-89CE40917
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- thermally; efficient; melting; glass; integrated; process; production; utilizing; combustion; heat; melt; glassmaking; materials; furnace; fuel; combusted; produce; sufficient; oxygen-enriched; oxidant; reduce; losses; offgas; reduces; quenching; hot; stream; retain; recovered; quench; subsequent; additional; recovery; exchange; batch; cullet; commercially; pure; carbon; dioxide; product; separatory; means; cooled; residual; additional heat; pure carbon; heat loss; heat recovery; process stream; carbon dioxide; heat exchange; integrated process; reduce heat; combustion heat; heat losses; produce heat; heat sufficient; thermally efficient; oxide product; efficient melting; /65/
Citation Formats
Chen, Michael S. K., Painter, Corning F, Pastore, Steven P, Roth, Gary, and Winchester, David C. Thermally efficient melting for glass making. United States: N. p., 1991.
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Chen, Michael S. K., Painter, Corning F, Pastore, Steven P, Roth, Gary, & Winchester, David C. Thermally efficient melting for glass making. United States.
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"Thermally efficient melting for glass making". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867766.
@article{osti_867766,
title = {Thermally efficient melting for glass making},
author = {Chen, Michael S. K. and Painter, Corning F and Pastore, Steven P and Roth, Gary and Winchester, David C},
abstractNote = {The present invention is an integrated process for the production of glass utilizing combustion heat to melt glassmaking materials in a glassmaking furnace. The fuel combusted to produce heat sufficient to melt the glassmaking materials is combusted with oxygen-enriched oxidant to reduce heat losses from the offgas of the glassmaking furnace. The process further reduces heat losses by quenching hot offgas from the glassmaking furnace with a process stream to retain the heat recovered from quench in the glassmaking process with subsequent additional heat recovery by heat exchange of the fuel to the glassmaking furnace, as well as the glassmaking materials, such as batch and cullet. The process includes recovery of a commercially pure carbon dioxide product by separatory means from the cooled, residual offgas from the glassmaking furnace.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1991},
month = {1}
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