Submerged combustion melter with vibration damping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370278-B2
Application number	US-201615572517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A submerged combustion melting system (90) includes a submerged combustion melter (100) having a housing (102) that defines a melting chamber (104) and one or more vibration damping devices (340) operatively coupled to the housing (102).

First claim

We claim:

1. A submerged combustion melting system comprising:
a submerged combustion melter having a housing that defines a melting chamber, the housing having a longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of vibration damping devices operatively coupled to the housing to damp the vibration of the melter during operation, wherein at least one of the plurality of vibration damping devices is arranged to damp vibration in the direction of the longitudinal axis and at least another one of the plurality of vibration damping devices is arranged to damp vibration transverse to the longitudinal axis.

2. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a length extending along the longitudinal axis and a width, and wherein the length is greater than the width and a majority of the plurality of vibration damping devices extend in a direction traverse to the longitudinal axis.

3. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 2 , wherein the majority of the plurality of vibration damping devices extend generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

4. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 2 , wherein at least twice as many vibration damping devices extend in a direction traverse to the longitudinal axis as extend in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.

5. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of vibration damping devices are dry friction damping devices.

6. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one projection extending from a roof of the housing.

7. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the plurality of vibration damping devices is operatively coupled to the projection.

8. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 1 , wherein a magnitude of the damping force for each of the plurality of vibration dampers is adjustable.

9. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 8 , wherein the magnitude of the damping force for each of the plurality of vibration dampers is adjustable in the range of about 50 pounds to about 100 pounds.

10. The submerged combustion melting system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of damping devices, in operation, each have a stroke length of less than ½ inch and apply a damping force over substantially the entire stroke length.

Assignees

• Ocv Intellectual Capital Llc

Inventors

• Mighton Steven James
• Toth William Wyatt
• Miller Alvin Lee
• Purnode Bruno Andre

Classifications

• C03B5/2356 Primary

  Submerged heating, e.g. by using heat pipes, hot gas or submerged combustion burners (bubblers C03B5/193) · CPC title

• C03B2211/40

  using oxy-fuel burners · CPC title

• C03B5/42

  Details of construction of furnace walls, e.g. to prevent corrosion; Use of materials for furnace walls · CPC title

• C03B2211/23

  using oxygen, i.e. pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air · CPC title

• C03B5/167 Primary

  Means for preventing damage to equipment, e.g. by molten glass, hot gases, batches (C03B5/20, C03B5/42 take precedence) · CPC title