Patent ID: 8092214
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: F27B,F28D,F28F,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for the continuous melting of inorganic salts, comprising the following steps: feeding solid salts into a furnace with the aid of a feeding unit; heating the salts contained in the furnace; generating a flow of the salts inside the furnace with the aid of a circulating unit, wherein the flow generates a two-phase region containing solid and melted salt and a separate second region containing substantially solely a melt that is heated to the desired temperature; discharging the melt from the separate second region simultaneous with the feeding of the solid salts into the furnace with the aid of a removal unit; and controlling the amount of the solid salts fed per time unit into the furnace and the amount of the melt removed per time unit from the furnace such that the total weight of the salt amount inside the furnace remains at least approximately constant.