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US 2023/0148040 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for melting glass with thermal plasma
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorAndrew Voss Welles
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for melting raw batch materials into molten glass includes feeding raw batch materials into a chamber through a feed port, heating the chamber with a plurality of plasma torches positioned above a predetermined level, each plasma torch emitting a plasma flame into the chamber, and melting the raw batch materials into molten glass up to the predetermined level.
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An apparatus for melting raw batch materials into molten glass comprising:
- a chamber configured to confine molten glass up to a predetermined level within the chamber;
- a feed port configured to feed raw batch materials into the chamber;
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- a plurality of thermal plasma torches positioned above the predetermined level, each plasma torch configured to thermally decompose a working fluid fed therein and emit a plasma flame into the chamber.
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A method for melting raw batch materials into molten glass comprising:
- feeding raw batch materials into a chamber through a feed port;
- heating the chamber with a plurality of plasma torches positioned above a predetermined level in the chamber, each plasma torch thermally decomposing a working fluid fed therein and emitting a plasma flame into the chamber;
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- melting the raw batch materials into molten glass up to the predetermined level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.