[미국특허]
Submerged combustion melters having an extended treatment zone and methods of producing molten glass
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C03B-005/225
C03B-005/04
C03B-005/193
C03B-005/20
C03B-005/235
출원번호
US-0633979
(2012-10-03)
등록번호
US-9533905
(2017-01-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Charbonneau, Mark William
McHugh, Kevin Patrick
Huber, Aaron Morgan
출원인 / 주소
Johns Manville
대리인 / 주소
Touslee, Robert D.
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초록▼
A submerged combustion melter includes a floor, a roof, and a sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof defining an internal space. A first portion of the internal space defines a melting zone, and a second portion defines a fining zone immediately downstream of the melting zone. One or more
A submerged combustion melter includes a floor, a roof, and a sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof defining an internal space. A first portion of the internal space defines a melting zone, and a second portion defines a fining zone immediately downstream of the melting zone. One or more combustion burners in either the floor, roof, the sidewall structure, or any combination of these, are configured to emit the combustion gases from a position under a level of, and positioned to transfer heat to and produce, a turbulent molten mass of glass containing bubbles in the melting zone. The fining zone is devoid of combustion burners or other apparatus or components that would increase turbulence above that in the melting zone. The melter may include a treating zone that stabilizes or destabilizes bubbles and/or foam. Processes of using the melters are a feature of the disclosure.
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1. A submerged combustion melter comprising: a floor, a roof, and a sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof defining an internal space, a first portion of the internal space comprising a melting zone, and a second portion of the internal space defining a fining zone immediately downstream o
1. A submerged combustion melter comprising: a floor, a roof, and a sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof defining an internal space, a first portion of the internal space comprising a melting zone, and a second portion of the internal space defining a fining zone immediately downstream of the melting zone, the floor in the melting zone being horizontal and the floor in the fining zone angled upward relative to horizontal beginning at an entrance to the fining zone and extending to an exit of the fining zone, the floor in the fining zone rises uniformly from a depth of the horizontal floor in the melting zone to a final depth that is at least 10 percent less than a depth of the melting zone;one or more combustion burners in either the floor, the roof, the sidewall structure, or any two or more of these, producing combustion gases and configured to emit the combustion gases from a position under a level of, and positioned to transfer heat to and produce, a turbulent molten mass of glass containing bubbles in the melting zone;the submerged combustion melter comprising a geometry whereby the level of the molten glass is substantially equivalent in the melting zone and the fining zone, and the fining zone is devoid of combustion burners or other apparatus or components that would increase turbulence above that in the melting zone. 2. The submerged combustion melter of claim 1 wherein at least some of the floor, the roof, and the sidewall structure comprise fluid-cooled panels. 3. The submerged combustion melter of claim 1 comprising a flow channel fluidly and mechanically connected to the melter downstream of the fining zone. 4. The submerged combustion melter of claim 1 wherein the melting zone is defined by first portions of the floor, roof, and sidewall structure forming a melting section, and the fining zone is defined by second portions of the floor, roof, and sidewall structure forming a melter extension fluidly and mechanically connected to the melting section. 5. The submerged combustion melter of claim 1 comprising a feed zone upstream of the melting zone, the feed zone devoid of submerged combustion burners. 6. The submerged combustion melter of claim 5 comprising an exhaust stack positioned in the roof of the fining section. 7. The submerged combustion melter of claim 1 comprising an exhaust stack positioned in the roof of the fining section. 8. A submerged combustion melter comprising: a floor, a roof, and a sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof defining an internal space, a first portion of the internal space comprising a melting zone, and a second portion of the internal space defining a fining zone immediately downstream of the melting zone, the floor in the melting zone being horizontal and the floor in the fining zone angled upward relative to horizontal beginning at an entrance to the fining zone and extending to an exit of the fining zone, the floor in the fining zone rises uniformly from a depth of the horizontal floor in the melting zone to a final depth that is at least 10 percent less than a depth of the melting zone;a skimmer extending from the roof having distal end, the skimmer configured so that the distal end extends into the molten glass a depth sufficient to hold back a portion of the molten glass flowing out of the submerged combustion melter through an exit that is lower than the distal end of the skimmer;one or more combustion burners in either the floor, the roof, the sidewall structure, or any two or more of these, producing combustion gases and configured to emit the combustion gases from a position under a level of, and positioned to transfer heat to and produce, a turbulent molten mass of glass containing bubbles in the melting zone;the submerged combustion melter comprising a geometry whereby the level of the molten glass is substantially equivalent in the melting zone and the fining zone, and the fining zone is devoid of combustion burners or other apparatus or components that would increase turbulence above that in the melting zone. 9. The submerged combustion melter of claim 8 wherein at least some of the floor, the roof, and the sidewall structure comprise fluid-cooled panels. 10. The submerged combustion melter of claim 8 comprising a flow channel fluidly and mechanically connected to the melter downstream of the fining zone. 11. The submerged combustion melter of claim 8 wherein the melting zone is defined by first portions of the floor, roof, and sidewall structure forming a melting section, and the fining zone is defined by second portions of the floor, roof, and sidewall structure forming a melter extension fluidly and mechanically connected to the melting section. 12. The submerged combustion melter of claim 8 comprising a feed zone upstream of the melting zone, the feed zone devoid of submerged combustion burners. 13. The submerged combustion melter of claim 12 comprising an exhaust stack positioned in the roof of the fining section. 14. The submerged combustion melter of claim 8 comprising an exhaust stack positioned in the roof of the fining section.
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