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

Charbonneau, Mark William

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

Patent · Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1207286

Charbonneau, Mark William

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.

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Research Organization:: Johns Manville, Denver, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC36-03GO13092

Assignee:: Johns Manville (Denver, CO)

Patent Number(s):: 9,096,453

Application Number:: 13/493,219

OSTI ID:: 1207286

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 11

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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