Patent ID: 11859908
Assignee: BTU INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC B  F

Claim 18:
19. A method of withdrawing a gas laden with an effluent from a process chamber of a furnace comprising:
providing in one or more heating zones in the process chamber of the furnace at least one tube having a plurality of openings;
conveying a product into and through the one or more heating zones in the process chamber of the furnace;
heating the product in the one or more heating zones thereby vaporizing an effluent into the gas of the process chamber;
withdrawing the gas laden with the effluent through the plurality of openings into the at least one tube;
withdrawing the gas laden with the effluent from the at least one tube into an at least one trunkline fluidically connected to the at least one tube; and
passing the gas through the at least one trunkline through an exit of the furnace.