The Solution of the Refractory Blocks in the Tank Wall of a Glass Melting Furnace

JSGT 1949 V33 T005-T018

A method of deducing the contour of tank blocks after use in the furnace is described, and it is shown that the variability of glass level must be taken into account as well as the temperature and temperature gradient. Examples are given of the use of this method in (1) assessing the effects of the variation in the glass level, the iron-oxide content of the glass and the temperature, and (2) in comparing different refractories.

A. J. Holland