Method for coal firing glass furnaces
US3969068A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 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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