Patent ID: 8520714

Claim:
A burner/injector panel apparatus to be mounted on the wall of a furnace that includes a furnace split line, a top shell and a bottom shell, said panel apparatus comprising: A) a burner/injector panel that has a first end and a discharge end and is formed in such a manner as to include (a) a mounting end as the first end; (b) a first transition region; (c) a first cylindrical region; (d) a second transition region; (e) a second cylindrical region; and (f) a terminating region as the discharge end; B) one or more bores that traverse the mounting end, the first transition region, the first cylindrical region, the second transition region, the second cylindrical region, and the terminating region of the burner/injector panel; and C) at least one injection apparatus selected from one or more of a thermal energy source, a particulate injector, or an oxygen injector; wherein the terminating region is in the shape of a half spheroid; the mounting end, the first transition region, the first cylindrical region, the second transition region, the second cylindrical region, and the terminating region of the burner/injector panel are in fluid communication with one another through the one or more bores that traverse the burner/injector panel; the first cylindrical region, the second transition region, and the second cylindrical region each include an upper outer surface that runs parallel to the one or more bores; the outer profile of the second transition region increases eccentrically from the first cylindrical region to the second cylindrical region; the at least one injection apparatus is positioned within the one or more bores; and the burner/injector panel when mounted on the furnace wall extends outward and downward from the furnace wall such that the discharge end of the burner/injector panel extends to, or below, the furnace split line and towards a metal melt line in the furnace.