Method and an apparatus for making a mineral melt
AssigneeRockwool International A/S
InventorsLars Bøllund, Lars Elmekilde Hansen
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Abstract
An apparatus for the production of a mineral melt burns combustible material in the presence of inorganic material to form a melt. The apparatus includes a circulating combustion chamber which receives a fuel, pre-heated mineral material and a combustion gas so as to melt the mineral material and generate exhaust gases which are separated from the melt. The gases pass through an exhaust pipe to a conduit of a heat exchange system. The apparatus includes a quenching hood for quenching the exhaust gases by drafting a cooling fluid, such as ambient air, into the flow of exhaust gases around the exhaust pipe, and wherein the exhaust gases exit the exhaust pipe inside the hood.
Claims6
An apparatus for the production of a mineral melt by burning a combustible material in the presence of inorganic particulate material and thereby forming the melt, said apparatus comprising:
- a circulating combustion chamber;
- an exhaust pipe extending upwards from the circulating combustion chamber, the exhaust pipe having an inner diameter and a height, the height being at least 2.5 times the inner diameter;
- a quenching hood disposed such that the exhaust pipe extends upwards into the quenching hood to define an annular air intake opening around the exhaust pipe;
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- a heat exchange system having a first conduit and a first pre-heater cyclone, the first conduit connected to the quenching hood for transporting exhaust gases to the first pre-heater cyclone, wherein the inner diameter of said exhaust pipe is larger than an inner diameter of said first conduit.
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