Some Notes on Tank Furnace Wear

JSGT 1933 V17 T433-T451

 The paper describes the erosion and corrosion which occurred in certain gas-fired, colourless bottle-glass tanks under conditions stated, and it also indicates the big increases in furnace life made during the past ten years. Detailed results for the wear obtained with certain tank bottoms are given, and the distribution of that wear is discussed. The erosion and corrosion of tank sides and bridge walls are also described and notes are given regarding vertical joints, the position of horizontal joints, the influence of adjacent blocks on the wear of an individual block, the effect of peak-load melting, and other data. Finally, the evolution of a satisfactory submerged-throat is described, and the results obtained with two such throats are quoted.

E. J. C. Bowmaker & J. D. Cauwood