The recovery of energy on regenerative glass-me1 ting tank furnaces

GT V1 1960 191-199

The trends of furnace development within one company are discussed, with particular reference to regenerator performance, and experimental results are presented which illustrate the progress made. Consideration of these results indicates that the introduction of a recuperator after the reversing valve might be more profitable than further development of the actual regenerators. The performance of a number of waste-heat boilers is summarized, and details are given of one installation which includes a back-pressure steam engine. The possibility of operating condensing power plant in conjunction with waste-heat boilers is examined, and it is shown that the economics are largely dependent upon the size of the plant. 

W. Scott