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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Psnergy, Llc, Erie, PA (US);
Carl R. Nicolia, Erie, PA (US);
Paul Koch, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Michael W. Alabran, Waterford, PA (US);
Christopher M. Wyant, Townville, PA (US);
John Williams, Stevens, PA (US);
Ryan Purtel, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Benjamin Johnston, Erie, PA (US);
Tyler Schnieder, Johnsonburg, PA (US);
Carey Rozanski, Erie, PA (US);
PSNergy, LLC, Erie, PA (US);
Abstract
An insert for a radiant tube of a furnace including a first section adapted to absorb heat from combustion gases passing through the radiant tube and radiantly transfer the heat to a wall of the radiant tube and a second section for directing heat and gases in the radiant tube toward the first section of the insert and a system including a radiant tube and one or more such inserts. Also, a method of improving heat transfer from a radiant tube of a furnace to the material being heated including supplying an insert as described above and placing the insert into the radiant tube such that the first section corresponds to a portion of the radiant tube that is closest to the material being heated. Also, an insert for a radiant tube of a furnace including a ceramic body and a metal deposited on the surface of the ceramic body.