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WHATISTHEBESTDESIGNFORAGLASSFURNACE
N.Ya.Suvorov
(KurlovGlassworks)
During195354therewasadiscussioninGlassandCeramicsonthedesignoftankfurnace.Thediscussionwasveryinformativeforworkersintheglassindustry,foritacquaintedthemwiththeexistingviewsonthismatter,althoughitwasnotcompletedbythepresentationofconclusionsrelatingtothecoursestobefollowedinthedesignofglassfurnaces.
Itmustbeacknowledgedthatsciencehasnotyetsucceededinmakingacompletestudyandsystematizationofexperiencegainedintheoperationofglassfurnaceandhasnotyetbeenabletotellushowtodesignfurnacesthatwillcorrespondtothepresentlevelofknowledgeandtechnology.
Whatisthefundamentalprinciplewhich,inouropinion,mustformthebasisofthedesignofperfecttankfurnaces,Itwillbeobviousthatbya"perfecttankfurnace"wemeanonethatisasefficientaspossibleintechnicalandeconomicrespects.
Thedesignofatankfurnacemustbesuchthatthemeltedglasspassedtothemachinesinstrictsequence.Forexample,ifthecapacityofthefurnacesis1000tonsofglassandthemachinesonlyaftertendays.
Weconsiderthatthetimehascomewhenitshouldbepossibletoarriveatawellgroundedconclusionconcerningthedistributionofcurrentsofglassintankfurnacesandtodesignafurnaceaccordingly,sothatourbasicprincipleofthestrictsequenceofthemeltedglasstothemachinescanberealized.
Itisessentialtoeliminateundesirablecurrentsofglassandtheformationoflayersdifferingincomposition,i.e.tokeepthekineticsofglasswithinlimitssetbythespecialdesignofthetankfurnace,bytheheatingscheduleadopted,andpossiblybythemechanicalactionexertedionthemeltedglass.Ourproposeddesignforsuchafurnaceisrepresentedinfigures1-6.
Wedonotconsiderthattheproblemofconstructingaglasstankfurnaceofourdesignismoredifficultthanmanyothersproblemsalreadysolvedbyscienceandtechnology.Thesolutionofthisproblemiswithinthepowerofourplanninganderectionorganizations.
Inthelightoftherequirementsthatwehavemadewithrespecttothedesignofglassfurnaces,thetanksoftheverylargetankfurnacenowinuseintheglassindustrygivetheimpressionoflarge"fryingpans"inwhich,attheglasssurface,theglassisnotmeltedbut"roasted",andintheroastedcondition,afterbeingcooledfor10-12hours,ispassedtothemachines.
Whensuchapparentlywell-meltedglassisexaminedoptically,itisfoundthatthereareinnumerabledefects:
streaks,whirls,stripes,threads,etc.,whichdifferfromthesurroundingmass.Suchaglassisnon-uniforminmechanicalandtechnicalproperties;
theproductivityofthemachinesisnotashighasitmightbeandtheglassisoflowerutility.
Inthemanufactureofopticalglassthesedefectsareeliminatedbyprolongedstirringoftheglasswithspecialstirrers.Inthemanufactureofsheetglass,pressedware,etc.,noeffortismadetoovercomethesedefects,andallisleftinthecareofthe"lawsofthermalmovementintheglassmass".Rapidcoolingofglass,particularlywhenthereinanegativepressureovertheglasssurfaceinthecoolingzone–nottospeakoftheuseofcoolersandblowers–resultsintheformationoflayersdifferinginviscosityandthereforeintheproductionofglassfullofwhirlsandwaves,varyinginthickness,badlyannealed,notthermallydurable,givingmuchbreakageduringprocessing,andnotdurableinuse.
Slowcoolinggivesglassthatismorestableagainstleaching.Rapidlycooledglasshasdifferentphysicochemicalpropertiesthanthesameglasscooledslowly,Wecannotagreewiththeassertionthatglass,havingattainedtoadefinitedegreeofclarityduringmelting,cannotbesubmittedtoatemperaturehigherthanthatpreviouslyattained,norwiththerecommendationthatcoolingshouldberapidandsofixthestateoftheglasswithallitsestablishedandnon-establishedequilibria.Also,wecannotaccepttheadvicethatweshouldalwaysadjusttheatmosphericregimeofthefurnacetothecourseofthemeltingprocess.Suchadviceistheoreticalandcannotserveasaguidingprincipleforproductionpersonal.
Preventionoftheoverheatingoftheglassbyincreaseinthedimensionsofthefurnaceorwiththeaidofcoolersandventilatorsmustberegardedashighlyerroneous.
Themainandgreatestdefectoflargetankfurnaceandofallfurnacesingeneral,particularlythosewithoutbarriers(floatingbridges,bridgewallsetc.)isthattheupperlayerofglassmovesveryrapidlytotheworkingend.Thishasmanyundesirableconsequence,particularlyinthenon-barriermethodofformingsheetglassbyverticaldrawingmachines.
Wemaintainthatglassoftheupper,workinglayer,movingovertheintermediatelayerdisposedbetweenitandtheoppositelymovinglowerlayer,particularlyentrainesglassformtheintermediatelayer.Initsturn,glassoftheupperlayerpartiallyfallsintotheintermediatelayer.Theseprocessesbringaboutthephysicochemicalandthermalnon-uniformityoftheglass–thecauseofallofthedefectsindicatedabove.
Weconsiderthatinexistingtankfurnaces-particularlyinverylargefurnace-atleast90%oftheglassenteringhemachineshasbeencarriedtherewithin12-16hoursaftermeltingbythemainworkingupperlayeroftheglassmass,whichisformedatthehottestmasspointofthisviewcanbereadilyconfirmedbycoloringtheglassmass.
Fromourknowledgeoftheformationofcurrentsinmeltedglassintankfurnacesweconcludedthatitisnecessarytolearnhowtocontrolthesecurrents,toeliminatetheirharmfuleffect,andtocausethemtoassisttheprocessbymixingthelayersofglasstogetherandbringingabouttheirhomogenization.
Thereisnoneedtosayverymuchabouttheharmfuleffectsofthelayersofglassdisposedbelowtheupperworkingcurrentinexistingglasstankfurnaces,particularlythoseoflargedimensions.Iftheuseoffurnacesoflargedimensionshaseffectedsomeimprovementintheunfavorableeffectofthedirectfeedingofthemachineswithglassfromthetankfurnace.
Ourlargefurnacesdonothavehighspecificoutputs,whereasweknowfromthetechnicalliteraturethatfurnaceof1500㎏
outputandhigherareinexistence.
Inouropiniontankfurnacesprovidedwiththroatsdeserveattention.Atthetechnicalliteraturethatfurnacesforthemanufactureofglassofallkinds,apartfromspecialglasses.
Theresultsoftheexperimentsthathavebeencarriedoutonthemanufactureofsheetglassinfurnacesprovidedwiththroatsarenotconclusive,anditisveryunfortunatethat,owingtoaninsufficiencyoffuelandbatch,suchexcellentfurnaceshavebeentestedundersuchunfavorablecondition.
Wewishtodesignaglasstankfurnaceinsuchawaythattheworkingstreampassingtothemachinesshallnotbeintheupperlayeroftheglass,butinthelowerlayer.Onlyundertheseconditionswillthephysicochemicalandthermalhomogeneitybeattainedwhichwillconfergoodworkingpropertiesofwell-annealedsheetglasswithoutthicknessvariationswithaminimumofbreakage.
Whentheworkingcurrentinaglasstankfurnacebecomesthelowerlayer,theimperfectionintheglasswhichoccurintankfurnaceshavinganupperworkingcurrentareeliminated.Theglasswillberenewedthroughoutthewholetankwithinastrictlydefiniteperiodofstagnation-inthetankandinthechannelattheworkingend-whichwemaintainarethemainsourcedofstripiness,thicknessvariation,friableplaces,andthreadlikewhirls.Thisviewisconfirmedbyresultsoftheproductionofsheetglassfrombridgelesstankswithdirectfeedingofmachinesfromthetankfurnace.
Ascanbeseenfromthediagramsshowingtheprincipleofthedesignofourproposedglasstankfurnace,thebottomofthetankisnothorizontalthroughoutitslengthandbreadth,sothatthedepthofthetankvariescorrespondingly.Thebottomslopestowardsthethroat,thefallinlevelbeing400-800mm.Thefallfromthesidetothecenterofthebottomis200-500mm.Thebottomofthefurnaceisthereforeintheformofagutter.
Thebottombeingofthisform,theglassisboundtomoveoveritsslopingsurfaceinthedirectionofthethroat.Theglasswillmovealsofromthesidesofthetankbottomtothecenterofthetankand,mixingwiththecentralstreamandbecominghomogeneous,passintothethroat(fig.3).
Itwillbeseenfromthetemperaturecurvethatthemaximumtemperatureoccursattheendofthefurnaceneartothethroat.Sincetheglassmovesalongthebottominthedirectionofthethroatandthemaximumtemperatureisatthethroat,theupperlayerofglasswillmovefromthethroattowardthedoghouseand,acquiringincreaseddensityandhomogeneity,fallintothebottomlayerandmoveintothethroatasalowerworkinglayer.Weareconvincedthatinatankofthisdesignoperatingunderthegiventemperatureconditionstherewillbenoreturncurrentofglassmovingalongthebottominthedirectionofthedoghouse1.
ItwillbeseenfromFig.4thatthecrownofthetankfurnacerisesfromthethroatinthedirectionofthedoghouse.Acrownofthissortisessentialinordertoestablishthenecessarytemperaturedistributioninthefurnace(Fig.2)andalsosothatanyair-carriedswirlsofbatchwillbecarriedawaytothedoghousebytheuppercurrentsofhotgases.Theportsandcrownmustbeaslowaspossibleoverthetankfurnace.
Theportsintheupperpartmustbeunifiedwiththecrownofthefurnace(Fig.5).Theburnersmustdifferincrosssectionandinthedirectionsoftheirflames.Thearrangemento