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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2012
Applicant:
C. Edward Eckert, New Kensington, PA (US);
Inventor:
C. Edward Eckert, New Kensington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B 19/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy efficient metal melter has a portion of melting energy supplied to it by a combustion process for heating a melter charge to a temperature where the melter charge can no longer maintain its shape. A portion of melting energy is also supplied by an electrical process for adding remaining transformational and sensible heat. The combustion process preferably uses a hydrocarbon fuel energy source selected from a distillate compound, gas compound or both and the electrical energy comes from a source selected from an external power grid, a generator and combinations thereof.