Stand alone copper burner panel for a metallurgical furnace
AssigneeSystems Spray-Cooled, Inc.
InventorsScott A. Ferguson, Troy D. Ward
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of a burner panel for a metallurgical furnace is described herein. The burner panel has a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left surface, a right surface, and a front surface surrounding an interior burner area. A spray-cool system disposed in the interior area. A burner tube at least partially disposed in the interior burner area and extends into the front surface. The burner tube is configured to accept a burner.
Claims17
A method operating a metallurgical furnace, the method comprising:
- melting material in an interior volume of the metallurgical furnace, the interior volume surrounded by a sidewall that includes a burner panel disposed in a sidewall burner pocket, the burner panel having a front surface separating an interior burner area from the interior volume, the front surface facing away from the interior volume, the burner panel having a burner disposed through a burner tube;
- applying a cooling fluid to the front surface of the burner panel using a first fluid distribution outlet positioned within the burner panel;
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- allowing the cooling fluid to run down the front surface of the burner panel under atmospheric pressure.
A method operating a metallurgical furnace, the method comprising:
- melting material in an interior volume of the metallurgical furnace, the interior volume surrounded by a sidewall that includes a burner panel disposed in a sidewall burner pocket, the burner panel having a front surface separating an interior burner area from the interior volume, the front surface facing away from the interior volume, the burner panel having a burner disposed through a burner tube;
- applying a cooling fluid to the front surface of the burner panel using a first fluid distribution outlet positioned within the burner panel;
- allowing the cooling fluid to run down the front surface of the burner panel under atmospheric pressure;
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- applying cooling fluid to a surface of the sidewall facing away from the interior volume using a second fluid distribution outlet.
A metallurgical furnace comprising:
- a sidewall surrounding an interior volume in which material is melted, the sidewall having a sidewall burner pocket;
- a burner panel disposed in the sidewall burner pocket, the burner panel having a front surface separating an interior burner area from the interior volume, the front surface facing away from the interior volume and exposed to the interior burner area, the burner panel having a burner tube open to the interior volume, wherein the burner panel comprises:
- a cooling system disposed in the interior burner area, the cooling system coupled to a header and configured to receive a coolant and direct the coolant onto the front surface of the burner panel under atmospheric pressure;
- a burner disposed through a burner tube;
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- a drain positioned to receive coolant applied to the front surface of the burner panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.