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Method for coal firing glass furnaces

US3969068A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1974
Grant dateJul 13, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 16, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF27D2099/0041
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for direct coal firing of glass tank furnaces wherein pulverized coal entrained in an air stream is impelled through a nozzle into the furnace and combusted in the atmosphere directly above the melt in a glass furnace, to form a luminous flame, the direct coal firing preferably being used in conjunction with supplementary conventional heat sources.

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