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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Francois Bioul, Jumet, BE;
Olivier Douxchamps, Jumet, BE;
Inventors:
Francois Bioul, Jumet, BE;
Olivier Douxchamps, Jumet, BE;
Assignee:
AGC GLASS EUROPE, Brussels, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/237 (2006.01); C03B 5/235 (2006.01); C01B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/2353 (2013.01); C01B 13/0255 (2013.01); C01B 2210/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a furnace () for melting heated glass using burners (), wherein the combustion energy is at least partially produced by oxy-fuel combustion, and wherein at least a portion of the oxygen used in the burners () is produced by separation, on a ceramic separation membrane (), from a gaseous mixture including oxygen, the oxygen from the separation being directly channeled into at least one burner ().