Submerged combustion melting of vitrifiable material
AssigneeKnauf Insulation, Inc.
InventorsGerard DEMOTT, Bostjan MAROLT, Randy ETZKORN, David DUCARME
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing a boron containing glass, comprising melting raw materials including boron compounds in a submerged combustion melter withdrawing flue gases from said melter and recovering heat from said flue gases in appropriate heat recovery equipment prior to release into the environment.
Claims15
A process for producing a boron containing glass, comprising melting raw materials including boron compounds in a submerged combustion melter (10), withdrawing flue gases from said melter and recovering heat from said flue gases in heat recovery equipment prior to release into the environment.
A method of recovering energy from flue gases produced when melting a boron containing glass, comprising withdrawing flue gases from a submerged combustion melter and recovering heat from said flue gases.
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