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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Neil George Simpson, Edinburgh, GB;
John R. Leblanc, Roanoke, VA (US);
Gregory Floyd Prusia, Raleigh, NC (US);
Neil George Simpson, Edinburgh, GB;
John R. LeBlanc, Roanoke, VA (US);
Gregory Floyd Prusia, Raleigh, NC (US);
Linde LLC, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A glass melting furnace has a gas inlet positioned proximate to a charging section oxy-fuel combustion region to introduce gas into the region and to at least partially displace gas having a partial pressure of alkali vapor from the region, and optionally a gas outlet is adapted to provide an exit for a volume of furnace atmosphere. A method for reducing alkali vapor corrosion of glass furnace refractory structures includes providing a gas inlet proximate to the oxy-fuel combustion region; introducing a volume of gas from the inlet into the region, displacing a volume of gas having a partial pressure of alkali vapor from the region; and, optionally providing a gas outlet adapted to provide an exit for a volume of furnace atmosphere.