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Class 432/54 - WITH INTERLOCKED, INTERCONNECTED OR MULTIWAY CONTROLLER ALTERNATING FLOW OF HEATED AND HEATING FLUID


Subclass of Class 432 - Heating
Definition: Apparatus including a passage connected to be supplied with
No. of patents: 10
Last issue date: 06/04/2002


NumberTitleIssue Date
6398547Oxy-fuel combustion firing configurations and methods
An oxy-combustion firing configuration, process, and apparatus can reduce the consumption of oxygen and fuel in an oxy-fuel combustion processes. Processes in accordance with the present invention include operation of an automated logic control device whi...
06/04/2002
6183562Thermal protection system for a chemical vapor deposition machine
A thermal protection system for a chemical vapor deposition machine (CVD). The system of the present invention includes a thermal sensor for providing a temperature signal corresponding to a CVD chamber temperature, a heating component for heating the CVD...
02/06/2001
5203859Oxygen-enriched combustion method
A process and apparatus for oxygen-enriched combustion of a fuel in an industrial furnace in which a preheated primary oxidant from a heat exchanger and a fuel to be combusted are introduced into a combustion chamber and ignited, a secondary oxidant havin...
04/20/1993
5044940Blast furnace air heater
An air heating apparatus for air that is to be supplied to a blast furnace. The apparatus includes a number of separate air heater devices connected together in series flow relation so that the total temperature increase is the sum of the heating actions ...
09/03/1991
4944674Apparatus for heating a vessel
An apparatus such as a crucible furnace for heating a vessel such as a crucible comprises an enclosure surrounding the vessel so that a flow path exists between the enclosure and the vessel which has an outer surface forming the inner boundary of the flow...
07/31/1990
4666403Air preheating system for continuous fired furnace
A system for preheating air being fed to a continuous fired furnace by means of high temperature waste gases exhausted from the furnace. The system includes two pairs of interconnected regenerators. The regenerators of one pair are alternately connected b...
05/19/1987
4577278Method and system for controlling a selected zone in a fuel fired furnace
A method and system is provided for controlling a selected zone in a fuel fired furnace of the type used for heating work as it moves through the zone from an entrant end to an exit end. The method and system includes providing a fuel fired burner at the ...
03/18/1986
4357135Method and system for controlling multi-zone reheating furnaces
A method and system is provided for controlling a reheating furnace having entrance and discharge ends, a preheating zone at the entrance end, and heating and soaking zones sequentially adjacent the preheating zone in the direction toward the discharge en...
11/02/1982
4239483Method of controlling steel strip temperature in continuous heating equipment
A method of controlling steel strip temperature in a process of continuously heating steel strip in heating equipment having a preheating zone and a rapid-heating zone. The preheating zone has a number of gas-injecting preheating units that can be individ...
12/16/1980
4174948Manifold inputs and outputs for furnace regenerators
Separate intake air and exhaust gas manifolds along each long checker-brick regenerator, each of which manifolds have separate adjustable sideports, valves, or gates in each branch duct that do not have to be readjusted each regeneration cycle, and which ...
11/20/1979
 
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