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AssigneeBlasch Precision Ceramics, Inc.
InventorsDonald G. Rexford, Jeffrey J. Bolebruch, David P. Bacchi, Edwin Collins, Timothy F. Connors
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A refractory brick particularly suited for constructing a diffusor wall for an industrial heat source. The brick includes a substantially tubular body having a first end, a second end opposed to the first end, an inner surface defining a passageway extending in the longitudinal direction of the body from the first end to the second end, and an outer peripheral surface extending from the first end to the second end. The outer peripheral surface has a complementary shape that allows mating of a plurality of the bricks to form cooperatively a diffusor wall. Mating means is formed on or in the outer peripheral surface for engaging corresponding mating means formed on or in outer peripheral surfaces of adjacent bricks when assembled as a diffusor wall.
A brick comprising:
A diffusor wall, comprising a plurality of bricks each comprising (i) a substantially tubular body having a first end, a second end opposed to said first end, an inner surface defining a passageway extending in a longitudinal direction of said body from said first end to said second end, and an outer peripheral surface extending from said first end to said second end, said outer peripheral surface having a complementary shape that allows mating of a plurality of said bricks to form cooperatively the diffusor wall;
A diffusor wall, comprising a plurality of bricks each comprising a substantially tubular body having a first end, a second end opposed to said first end, an inner surface defining a passageway extending in a longitudinal direction of said body from said first end to said second end, and an outer peripheral surface extending from said first end to said second end, said outer peripheral surface having a hexagonal shape, when viewed in a transverse plane of the brick, such that a plurality of said bricks mate to form cooperatively the diffusor wall, each said brick including a plurality of mating structures formed on or in said outer peripheral surface for engaging corresponding mating structures formed on or in outer peripheral surfaces of adjacent bricks when assembled as the diffusor wall, said mating structures comprising alternating male and female mating parts extending along said outer peripheral surface, such that each male mating part is, along said outer peripheral surface, preceded and followed by a complete female mating part, wherein said bricks are stacked one upon another such that the passageways of all the bricks are aligned in substantially a common direction.
A system for improving the heat transfer efficiency of a waste heat boiler associated with an industrial heat source, comprising:
A system for improving the heat transfer efficiency of a waste heat boiler associated with an industrial heat source, comprising:
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