Glass Melting Technology: A Technical and Economic ... - OSTI
Glass Melting Technology: A Technical and Economic ... - OSTI
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R e c o m m e nn d<br />
C o m p a n yy s e c o n d<br />
PPaattentt no.. TT i tt l e / i nn v ee n t oo r / dd a tt ee 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 88 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 88 1 99 2 00 2 1 2 2 a ff f i l i a t e l o o k ? Commeents by Walter Scottt<br />
5,536,291 Method for melting glass in <strong>and</strong> a glass X X X X X X X X X X X Sorg Yes Furnace with dividing walls;<br />
melting furnace for the practice of<br />
bubblers; shallow refiner<br />
the method<br />
H. Sorg <strong>and</strong> H. Pieper<br />
July 16, 1996<br />
5,548,611 Method for the melting, combustion or<br />
X X X X X X X X Schuller Yes Waste vitrification with plasma<br />
incineration of materials <strong>and</strong><br />
torches<br />
apparatus therefor<br />
M. J. Cusick, M. A. Weinstein <strong>and</strong> L. E.<br />
Olds<br />
X X X X X X X X Edmistn Yes Cullet cleaning of exhaust with<br />
electrostatic bed<br />
X X Japan Atomic waste vit; cold crucible —<br />
induction<br />
X X X X Stir-Melter Electrode arrangements to<br />
minimize current on stirrer<br />
X X X St. Gobain Furnace with movable alloy<br />
barriers<br />
X X X Praxair Method for shield of O2 between<br />
glass <strong>and</strong> fires<br />
X X X X X X X X X X St. Gobain Oxy furnace <strong>and</strong> means to seal<br />
melter/refiner from condnr<br />
August 20, 1996<br />
5,556,443 Method for cullet preheating <strong>and</strong><br />
pollution emission reduction in the<br />
glass manufacturing process<br />
J. C. Alex<strong>and</strong>er<br />
September 17, 1996<br />
5,564,102 <strong>Glass</strong> melting treatment method<br />
H. Igarashi, H. Kobayashi <strong>and</strong> K. Noguchi<br />
October 8, 1996<br />
5,573,564 <strong>Glass</strong> melting method<br />
R. S. Richards<br />
November 12, 1996<br />
5,613,994 Electric furnace for melting glass<br />
J. A. C. Muniz, L. G. Goicoechea <strong>and</strong> M.<br />
Lemaille<br />
March 25, 1997<br />
5,628,809 <strong>Glass</strong> melting method with reduced<br />
volatilization of alkali species<br />
H. Kobayashi<br />
5,655,464 Apparatus for melting glass<br />
R. Moreau, R. Gobert <strong>and</strong> P. Jeanvoine<br />
August 12, 1997<br />
5,665,137 Method for controlling secondary foam<br />
during glass melting<br />
J. Huang<br />
September 9, 1997<br />
5,672,190 Pool separation melt furnace <strong>and</strong><br />
process<br />
A. F. Litka, J. A. Woodroffe, V. Goldfarb,<br />
A. W. McClaine <strong>and</strong> K. J. Keane<br />
September 30, 1997<br />
5,728,190 <strong>Melting</strong> furnace <strong>and</strong> process for the<br />
inertization of hazardous<br />
substances by vitrification<br />
H. Pieper, L. Rott <strong>and</strong> M. Bucar<br />
March 17, 1998<br />
230<br />
X X OCF Foam control with oxidation means<br />
X X X X X X X X X GRI Yes Vertical combuster with batch <strong>and</strong><br />
cullet<br />
X X X Sorg Waste vit with sidewall oxidizing<br />
nozzles