Patent ID: 9731990
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: C03B,Y02P

Claim:
1. A submerged combustion glass manufacturing system comprising: a melter comprising a floor, a roof, a wall structure connecting the floor and roof; one or more submerged combustion burners mounted in the floor, roof and/or wall structure, the submerged combustion burners configured to discharge combustion products including water vapor under a level of material being melted in the melter and create turbulent conditions in substantially all of the material; one or more of the floor, roof, and wall structure comprising fluid-cooled refractory material and an optional metallic external shell, the fluid-cooled refractory material comprising one or more coolant passages; and one or more drain conduits configured to drain at least some water condensed from the water vapor from one or more regions of refractory material substantially saturated with the water away from the melter.