Devices, systems and methods for effluent removal from furnace process gas
AssigneeBTU International, Inc.
InventorPaul J. Richter
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for effluent or flux removal from a gas are disclosed. In one aspect the system includes at least one tube having a body including an interior passageway enabling fluidic flow therethrough; and a plurality of openings disposed along a length of the body in fluidic communication with the interior passageway, thereby enabling withdrawal of the gas laden with the effluent exterior to the at least one tube through the plurality of openings into the interior passageway of the at least one tube.
Claims19
A system for withdrawal of a gas laden with an effluent, the system comprising:
- at least one tube having a body including an interior passageway enabling fluidic flow therethrough;
- a plurality of openings disposed along a length of the body in fluidic communication with the interior passageway, thereby enabling withdrawal of the gas laden with the effluent exterior to the at least one tube through the plurality of openings into the interior passageway of the at least one tube, and
- at least one trunkline in fluidic communication with the at least one tube via a connection device enabling withdrawal of the gas laden with the effluent from the at least one tube into the at least one trunkline.
A method of withdrawing a gas laden with an effluent from a process chamber of a furnace comprising:
- providing in one or more heating zones in the process chamber of the furnace at least one tube having a plurality of openings;
- conveying a product into and through the one or more heating zones in the process chamber of the furnace;
- heating the product in the one or more heating zones thereby vaporizing an effluent into the gas of the process chamber;
- withdrawing the gas laden with the effluent through the plurality of openings into the at least one tube;
- withdrawing the gas laden with the effluent from the at least one tube into an at least one trunkline fluidically connected to the at least one tube;
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- passing the gas through the at least one trunkline through an exit of the furnace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.