Glass manufacturing – Processes – Fining or homogenizing molten glass
Patent
1995-06-26
1997-09-30
Griffin, Steven P.
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Fining or homogenizing molten glass
651344, 651352, 651359, 65335, 65347, C03B 516, C03B 300, C03B 500
Patent
active
056721900
ABSTRACT:
Process and furnace for the continuous production of a molten pool from particulate meltable batch materials such as glass-forming raw materials. The raw materials, in particulate form, are injected into and suspended in combustion gases within a combustor section to form a particle-laden gas flow. The gas flow is accelerated vertically downwardly into a refractory chamber to impact the surface of a molten pool, producing inertial separation of the molten particles into the pool and strong shear forces by the exiting combustion gases, resulting in pool circulation and improved fining and homogeneity.
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Goldfarb Victor
Keane Kevin J.
Litka Anthony F.
McClaine Andrew W.
Woodroffe Jamie A.
Gas Research Institute
Griffin Steven P.
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