Patent ID: 6029647
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: F23C,F23L,Y02E

Abstract:
A recuperator of a radiant tube burner assembly, the recuperator including a mixing baffle comprising:a body having a first end, a second end and a side extending therebetween;a jet pump positioned inside the body adjacent the first end, with the jet pump and the body defining a channel therebetween, with the jet pump having a graduated passage extending therethrough between the first end and the second end of the body and in fluid communication with the channel;a conduit extending between the side of the body and a position adjacent the graduated passage; anda flow director positioned on the body adjacent the conduit, with the flow director configured so that when the mixing baffle is positioned in the furnace exhaust tube, the flow director directs into the conduit products of combustion flowing in the furnace exhaust tube.