Method and apparatus for recovering and reusing energy from a melting furnace
US4655436A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 1985 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S266/901
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat recovery and storage system for use in connection with a melting furnace. In such system, heat from the exhaust gas of a melting furnace is recovered and used to preheat scrap metal and to maintain such preheated scrap metal in its preheated form until it is charged into the melting furnace.
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