EP2059723A4 - Oxygen injection through a roof or crown of a glass furnace - Google Patents

Oxygen injection through a roof or crown of a glass furnace

Info

Publication number: EP2059723A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: crown; roof; glass furnace; oxygen injection; oxygen
Prior art date: 2006-08-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP07837386A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2059723A2 (en

Inventor

Neil Simpson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Messer LLC

Original Assignee

Linde Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2006-08-25

Filing date

2007-08-24

Publication date

2011-08-10

2007-08-24 Application filed by Linde Inc filed Critical Linde Inc

2009-05-20 Publication of EP2059723A2 publication Critical patent/EP2059723A2/en

2011-08-10 Publication of EP2059723A4 publication Critical patent/EP2059723A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N atomic oxygen Chemical compound [O] QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title 1
239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 title 1
238000002347 injection Methods 0.000 title 1
239000007924 injection Substances 0.000 title 1
229910052760 oxygen Inorganic materials 0.000 title 1
239000001301 oxygen Substances 0.000 title 1

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B5/00—Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
- C03B5/16—Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
- C03B5/235—Heating the glass
- C03B5/2353—Heating the glass by combustion with pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air, e.g. using oxy-fuel burners or oxygen lances
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B2211/00—Heating processes for glass melting in glass melting furnaces
- C03B2211/30—Heating processes for glass melting in glass melting furnaces introducing oxygen into the glass melting furnace separately from the fuel
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B2211/00—Heating processes for glass melting in glass melting furnaces
- C03B2211/40—Heating processes for glass melting in glass melting furnaces using oxy-fuel burners
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P40/00—Technologies relating to the processing of minerals
- Y02P40/50—Glass production, e.g. reusing waste heat during processing or shaping

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
Materials Engineering (AREA)
Organic Chemistry (AREA)
Glass Melting And Manufacturing (AREA)
Vertical, Hearth, Or Arc Furnaces (AREA)
Furnace Details (AREA)
Waste-Gas Treatment And Other Accessory Devices For Furnaces (AREA)
Muffle Furnaces And Rotary Kilns (AREA)

EP07837386A 2006-08-25 2007-08-24 Oxygen injection through a roof or crown of a glass furnace Withdrawn EP2059723A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US84023506P	2006-08-25	2006-08-25
PCT/US2007/018833 WO2008024506A2 (en)	2006-08-25	2007-08-24	Oxygen injection through a roof or crown of a glass furnace

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2059723A2 EP2059723A2 (en)	2009-05-20
EP2059723A4 true EP2059723A4 (en)	2011-08-10

Family

ID=39107460

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP07837386A Withdrawn EP2059723A4 (en)	2006-08-25	2007-08-24	Oxygen injection through a roof or crown of a glass furnace

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20100239988A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2059723A4 (en)
CN (1)	CN101600903B (en)
BR (1)	BRPI0717031A2 (en)
RU (1)	RU2009110772A (en)
WO (1)	WO2008024506A2 (en)

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BR112022007958A2 (en) *	2019-11-01	2022-07-12	Praxair Technology Inc	OXYGEN FOR COMBUSTION IN FOREHEARTHS

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EP1077201A2 (en) *	1999-08-16	2001-02-21	The Boc Group, Inc.	Method of boosting the heating in a glass melting furnace using a roof-mounted oxygen-fuel burner
EP1236691A2 (en) *	2001-03-02	2002-09-04	The Boc Group, Inc.	Method and apparatus for glass melting using roof-mounted oxy-fuel burners
WO2002090271A1 (en) *	2001-05-03	2002-11-14	The Boc Group, Inc.	Rapid glass melting or premelting
US20030024271A1 (en) *	1999-08-16	2003-02-06	Simpson Neil George	Gas injection for glass melting furnace to reduce refractory degradation
EP1634856A1 (en) *	2004-09-10	2006-03-15	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Combustion method with staged oxidant injection

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2007
- 2007-08-24 RU RU2009110772/06A patent/RU2009110772A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2007-08-24 WO PCT/US2007/018833 patent/WO2008024506A2/en not_active Ceased
- 2007-08-24 BR BRPI0717031-9A2A patent/BRPI0717031A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2007-08-24 CN CN2007800365691A patent/CN101600903B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2007-08-24 EP EP07837386A patent/EP2059723A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-08-24 US US12/438,189 patent/US20100239988A1/en not_active Abandoned

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US5139558A (en) *	1991-11-20	1992-08-18	Union Carbide Industrial Gases Technology Corporation	Roof-mounted auxiliary oxygen-fired burner in glass melting furnace
WO1999031021A1 (en) *	1997-12-17	1999-06-24	Owens Corning	Roof-mounted oxygen-fuel burner for a glass melting furnace and process of using the oxygen-fuel burner
US6113389A (en) *	1999-06-01	2000-09-05	American Air Liquide, Inc.	Method and system for increasing the efficiency and productivity of a high temperature furnace
EP1077201A2 (en) *	1999-08-16	2001-02-21	The Boc Group, Inc.	Method of boosting the heating in a glass melting furnace using a roof-mounted oxygen-fuel burner
US20030024271A1 (en) *	1999-08-16	2003-02-06	Simpson Neil George	Gas injection for glass melting furnace to reduce refractory degradation
US20070119213A1 (en) *	1999-08-16	2007-05-31	Simpson Neil G	Gas injection for glass melting furnace to reduce refractory degradation
EP1236691A2 (en) *	2001-03-02	2002-09-04	The Boc Group, Inc.	Method and apparatus for glass melting using roof-mounted oxy-fuel burners
WO2002090271A1 (en) *	2001-05-03	2002-11-14	The Boc Group, Inc.	Rapid glass melting or premelting
EP1634856A1 (en) *	2004-09-10	2006-03-15	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Combustion method with staged oxidant injection

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
LOO TJAY YAP: "NON-AXISYMMETRIC JET OXYGEN LANCING", CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS, AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY INC, US, vol. 11, no. 1/02, 1 January 1990 (1990-01-01), pages 175 - 195, XP000116965, ISSN: 0196-6219 *
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2008024506A2 (en)	2008-02-28
WO2008024506A3 (en)	2008-07-10
CN101600903A (en)	2009-12-09
CN101600903B (en)	2011-08-17
US20100239988A1 (en)	2010-09-23
BRPI0717031A2 (en)	2013-10-01
EP2059723A2 (en)	2009-05-20
RU2009110772A (en)	2010-09-27

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2009-04-17	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2009-05-20	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20090320
2009-05-20	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2009-05-20	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS
2009-12-02	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2011-08-10	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20110712
2011-08-10	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: F23M 3/04 20060101AFI20110706BHEP
2013-05-01	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20130409
2016-05-06	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2016-06-08	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20151222

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