Method and apparatus for melting of glass batch materials
AssigneeOwens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
InventorChristopher Q. Jian
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Abstract
An apparatus for melting materials is provided comprising a melter body having a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive materials from said batch injection portion, and a molten materials delivery portion including a molten materials outlet port. At least one jet stream injection assembly injects a jet stream into said batch melting chamber. The jet stream comprises a fuel, an oxidant, and heated products of combustion and produces a vortex flow pattern in said batch melting chamber. Fuel and oxidant within said vortex flow pattern react to form laminar flamelets within said vortex flow pattern. The heat generated in the flamelets melts the materials.
Claims17
An apparatus for melting materials comprising:
- a melter body having (i) a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, (ii) a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive batch materials from said batch injection portion, and (iii) a molten materials delivery portion including a molten materials outlet port;
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- at least one jet stream injection assembly operative to inject a jet stream into said batch melting chamber and arranged to produce a vortex flow pattern in said batch melting chamber wherein
- said molten materials delivery portion includes a first molten materials cavity, a second molten materials cavity, and a submerged throat operative to transfer molten materials from said first molten materials cavity to said second molten materials cavity, and
- said first molten materials cavity is separated from said second molten materials cavity by a nozzle body portion of a restricted nozzle section adapted to receive products of said reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.