Multi-chamber submerged combustion melter and system
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsShane T. Rashley, Zhongming Wang
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Abstract
A submerged combustion melter includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls extending upwardly from a bottom wall, a crown extending inwardly with respect to the side walls and over the bottom wall to establish a melting chamber, an exhaust port configured to exhaust gas from the melting chamber, a baffle coupled to and extending inwardly from the third side wall to divide the melting chamber into melting sub-chambers that share the exhaust port and having an end spaced away from the fourth side wall, an inlet configured for introducing a glass batch into the melter, and an outlet configured to remove molten glass from the melting sub-chambers, which direct product flow in a laterally undulating flow path from the inlet to the outlet.
Claims17
A submerged combustion melter, comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- at least one side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and including a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall;
- a longitudinal axis extending from the first side wall to the second side wall;
- a laterally transverse axis extending from the third side wall to the fourth side wall;
- a crown extending inwardly with respect to the at least one side wall and over the bottom wall to establish a melting chamber;
- an exhaust port configured to exhaust gas from the melting chamber;
- a baffle coupled to and extending inwardly from the third side wall to divide the melting chamber into at least two melting sub-chambers that share the exhaust port, and having an end spaced away from the fourth side wall;
- at least one inlet configured for introducing a glass batch to the submerged combustion melter;
- at least one outlet configured to remove molten glass from the at least two melting sub-chambers;
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- wherein the at least two melting sub-chambers are configured to direct product flow from the inlet, around the end of the baffle between the end of the baffle and the fourth side wall, and to the at least one outlet.
A submerged combustion melter, comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- a plurality of side walls including a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall;
- a longitudinal axis extending from the first side wall to the second side wall;
- a laterally transverse axis extending from the third side wall to the fourth side wall, the laterally transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- a crown extending inwardly with respect to the plurality of side walls and over the bottom wall to establish a melting chamber;
- an exhaust port configured to exhaust gas from the melting chamber;
- a baffle disconnected from the crown, coupled to and extending inwardly from the third side wall to divide the melting chamber into at least two melting sub-chambers that share the exhaust port, and having an end spaced away from the fourth side wall;
- an inlet configured for introducing a glass batch to the submerged combustion melter;
- an outlet configured to remove molten glass from the at least two melting sub-chambers;
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- wherein the at least two melting sub-chambers are configured to direct product flow in an undulating flow path between the inlet and the outlet and between the end of the baffle and the fourth side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.