The Use of the Furnace Performance Formula for Estimating the Coal Consumption of Glass Melting Tanks

JSGT 1952 V36 T330-T345

The furnace performance formula, in the form in which it can be used to calculate week by week the expected fuel consumption of a furnace, is shown to be of great practical importance in promoting fuel economy. In order to use the formula in this way it is necessary to have some basis for the value to be taken for Q week by week, and formulae are suggested which enable allowances to be made for the types of refractory used, the size of the furnace and the melting temperature.

C. E. Gould