Burner panel for a metallurgical furnace
AssigneeSystems Spray-Cooled, Inc.
InventorsScott A. Ferguson, Troy D. Ward, Eric Chodl, Ron Coursey
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace is described herein. One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace are described herein. The sidewall burner pockets have a burner panel therein. The burner panel has a body having an interior face with burner tube disposed therethrough. The burner tube has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The burner panel additionally has an internal mounting flange extending along the periphery of the body and overlapping the sidewall, the sidewall and internal mounting flange compressed together by a coupling.
Claims20
A burner panel comprising:
- a body having:
- an interior face,
- a hollow extending into the interior face, and
- a middle portion extending from the hollow toward the interior face, the hollow having a sloped bottom to aid drainage of coolant sprayed against the middle portion;
- a burner tube disposed through the middle portion of the body, the burner tube comprising:
- a first portion;
- and
- a second portion coupled to the first portion;
- and
- an internal mounting flange extending along the periphery of the interior face of the body, wherein the body of the burner panel has no internal plumbing for cooling.
A metallurgical furnace comprising:
- a sidewall having a roof disposed thereon, the sidewall comprising:
- an interior face having a first surface surrounding an interior volume and a second surface facing away from the interior volume, the interior face having a sidewall burner pockets formed therethrough;
- a burner panel disposed in the sidewall burner pockets, the burner panel comprising:
- a body having:
- an interior face,
- a hollow extending into the interior face, and
- a middle portion extending from the hollow toward the interior face, the hollow having a sloped bottom to aid drainage of coolant sprayed against the middle portion;
- a burner tube disposed through the middle portion of the body, the burner tube configured to receive a burner;
- and
- a spray cooling system comprising:
- a header;
- a first nozzle coupled to the header and positioned to spray coolant onto the second surface of the sidewall;
- and
- a second nozzle coupled to the header and positioned to spray coolant onto the body of the burner panel.
A method for securing a burner panel to a metallurgical furnace, the method comprising:
- placing a mounting flange of a burner panel over a sidewall of the metallurgical furnace;
- and
- compressing the flange and wall together to form a fluid seal therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.