Ion transport membranes in float glass manufacturing

US9010152B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Wei Huang · Newark, US
• Youssef Joumani · Crespières, FR
• Remi Tsiava · Corbeil-Essonnes, FR
• Bhadra S. Grover · Pound Ridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P40/50
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Ion transport membranes are integrated with a glass melting furnace and a float glass bath. Only feeds of air, steam and hydrocarbon are necessary for producing hot oxygen for the melting furnace and a mixture of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen for the float glass bath.