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AssigneeSociete Europeenne des Produits Refractaires
InventorsAlain P. B. Zanoli, Joseph Recasens
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The invention relates to the regenerators of glass melting furnaces. It relates more particularly to a ceramic element for equipping regenerators of glass melting furnaces, having at least one vertical wall, the mean thickness of which is at the most 40 mm, characterized by the presence, on at least one face of this vertical wall, of a plurality of obstacles forming an integral part of the element, the protrusion of the obstacles relative to the base surface of the wall being at least 5 mm, the ratio of the distance separating two consecutive obstacles in the vertical direction to the said protrusion being comprised between 3 and 15, and the angle x formed by the obstacle with the base surface of the wall in the given direction of movement of the fumes and the angle y formed by the obstacle with the base surface of the wall in the given direction of movement of the air to be heated being such that x is less than or equal to y. Application in the glass industry.
A ceramic element for equipping regenerators of glass melting furnaces, having at least one vertical wall, the mean thickness of which is at the most 40 mm, characterized by the presence, on opposite faces of this vertical wall, of a plurality of obstacles forming an integral part of the element, the protrusion of the obstacles relative to the base surface of each face of the wall being at least 5 mm, the ratio of the distance separating two consecutive obstacles in the vertical direction to the said protrusion of each face being comprised between 3 and 15,and the angle x formed by the obstacle with the base surface of each face of the wall in the given direction of movement of the fumes and the angle y formed by the obstacle with the base surface of each face of the wall in the given direction of movement of the air to be heated being such that x is less than y, the obstacles on one vertical wall face being staggered in a vertical direction relative to the obstacles on the opposite vertical wall face.
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