81 |
COOLING SYSTEM FOR A SURFACE OF A METALLURGICAL FURNACE |
US15490472 |
2017-04-18 |
US20180299201A1 |
2018-10-18 |
Scott A. FERGUSON; Marina K. TEMKINA; Troy D. WARD |
A cooling system to cool a surface of a tilting metallurgical furnace including an inner plate of the surface, a plurality of nozzles, and a drain manifold is disclosed. The inner plate has an external surface and an internal surface. The plurality of nozzles is configured to be fluidly connected to a coolant supply pipe. At least a first nozzle of the plurality of spray conduits is configured to spray coolant against the external surface of the inner plate. The drain manifold positioned to receive coolant from the external surface of the inner plate. At least a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles is configured to spray coolant directly into the drain manifold. |
82 |
Purified silicon, devices and systems for producing same |
US15716129 |
2017-09-26 |
US10093546B2 |
2018-10-09 |
M. Robert Showalter |
The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon. |
83 |
Heater Tube for Molten Metal Immersion |
US15643751 |
2017-07-07 |
US20180168004A1 |
2018-06-14 |
Eiki Tsutsumi; Hitoshi Kajino |
A heater tube for molten metal immersion 1 has a cylindrical heater housing part 4 equipped with a closed end 2 and an open end 3, wherein the heater housing part 4 comprises silicon nitride, a compound comprising yttrium, and a compound comprising magnesium. The heater housing part 4 has a surface roughness Ra of an outer circumferential surface of the heater housing part 4 is between 0.5 μm and 10 μm, inclusive. |
84 |
Purified Silicon, Devices and Systems for Producing Same |
US15716129 |
2017-09-26 |
US20180016151A1 |
2018-01-18 |
M. Robert Showalter |
The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon. |
85 |
Purified silicon, devices and systems for producing same |
US15287062 |
2016-10-06 |
US09802827B2 |
2017-10-31 |
M. Robert Showalter |
The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon. |
86 |
MELTING APPARATUS FOR METERED MELTING OF PARAFFIN |
US15435755 |
2017-02-17 |
US20170241712A1 |
2017-08-24 |
Markus BERBERICH; Hermann ULBRICH; Florian BÖHL; Ralf ECKERT; Karin FLIEGER |
The invention relates to a melting apparatus (100) for melting paraffin (1), having: a melting container (110) for receiving paraffin (1) to be melted; a storage container (190) for storing molten paraffin (4); having a melting container heating device (120) for heating the melting container (110), having a storage container heating device (191) for heating the storage container (190), having a fluid connection (113) fluidically connecting the melting container (110) and the storage container; the melting container (110), the storage container (190), and the fluid connection (113) being arranged so that molten paraffin (4) flows out of the melting container (110) into the storage container (190). |
87 |
Microwave Composite Heating Furnace |
US15501144 |
2015-07-31 |
US20170219290A1 |
2017-08-03 |
Motoyasu Sato; Hibiki Ito; Keiichiro Kashimura; Kazuhiro Nagata |
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a heating furnace that sufficiently exhibits the microwave effect produced by microwave heating and allows economical heating taking advantage of the characteristics of each heating method. The provided microwave composite heating furnace (1) is equipped with: a housing (10); a heating container (11) for accommodating and heating an object to be heated; a heating means (12) for heating the heating container (11) from the outside; a microwave irradiation device (13); a to-be-heated object supplying device (14) that supplies the object to be heated to the inside of the heating container (11); a gas introducing means (15) for introducing gas into the heating container (11); and a gas recovery means (16) for recovering the gas generated when heating the object to be heated. The heating container (11) comprises a material that has high electrical conductivity so as to reflect microwaves and confine the microwaves inside and that has high heat resistance so as not to react with the heated object, thereby confining microwaves irradiated into the heating container (11) not through the outer wall of the heating container, and allowing an improvement in electromagnetic field density. |
88 |
PURIFICATION OF A METALLOID BY CONSUMABLE ELECTRODE VACUUM ARC REMELT PROCESS |
US15155045 |
2016-05-15 |
US20160258684A1 |
2016-09-08 |
Raymond J. ROBERTS |
A metalloid such as silicon in the form of a preheated solid electrode is purified by a CEVAR purification process by producing an ingot with controlled heating and cool down after the preheated electrode is melted in a CEVAR furnace system using a short CEVAR open-bottomed crucible. |
89 |
CERAMIC CALCINER APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS |
US14911012 |
2014-08-08 |
US20160201988A1 |
2016-07-14 |
Roy Edward McAlister |
The present disclosure provides calciners configured to convert a feedstock into a calcined product. |
90 |
Aluminum-based material melting apparatus |
US13752725 |
2013-01-29 |
US09188390B2 |
2015-11-17 |
Chai-Long Yu |
An aluminum-based material melting apparatus includes: a furnace; a melt-discharging conduit having an inner portion disposed in the furnace; a driving mechanism mounted on the furnace; a transmission mechanism connected to the driving mechanism; and a scoop member suspended in the furnace and driven by the driving mechanism through the transmission mechanism so as to be movable in the furnace between upper and lower positions and so as to be rotatable relative to the furnace about an axis between scooping and pouring positions. |
91 |
APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MELT |
US14275770 |
2014-05-12 |
US20150322590A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Frederick M. Carlson; Peter L. Kellerman; David Morrell; Brian Mackintosh; Nandish Desai |
An apparatus for processing a melt may include a crucible configured to contain the melt, where the melt has an exposed surface that is separated from a floor of the crucible by a first distance. The apparatus may further include a submerged heater comprising a heating element and a shell disposed between the heating element and the melt, wherein the heating element does not contact the melt. The heating element may be disposed at a second distance with respect to the exposed surface of the melt that is less than the first distance. |
92 |
ARC FURNACE |
US14467541 |
2014-08-25 |
US20150063400A1 |
2015-03-05 |
Masato OGAWA; Kunio MATSUO; Noriyuki TOMITA; Akihiro NAGATANI |
Provided is an arc furnace, including: a furnace body having a bottomed cylindrical shape; a furnace lid that openably closes an opening of the furnace body; an electrode that is provided at the furnace lid and melts a metal material supplied into the furnace body by electric discharge; a tilting floor that is tiltable within a plane substantially perpendicular to the tilting floor; and a rotation mechanism that is provided on the tilting floor inward from an outer circumference of the furnace body to support a bottom wall of the furnace body, and rotates the furnace body around a cylinder axis thereof. |
93 |
ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE INSULATION PACKAGE |
US14509546 |
2014-10-08 |
US20150030048A1 |
2015-01-29 |
Steven Thomas Gibbs; Fred Charles Metz |
An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. |
94 |
ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE HEATING ELEMENT BAFFLE |
US14509529 |
2014-10-08 |
US20150021311A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Steven Thomas Gibbs; Fred Charles Metz |
An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. |
95 |
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing cast silicon from seed crystals |
US14057371 |
2013-10-18 |
US08871169B2 |
2014-10-28 |
Nathan G. Stoddard; Roger F. Clark |
Methods and apparatuses are provided for casting silicon for photovoltaic cells and other applications. With these methods, an ingot can be grown that is low in carbon and whose crystal growth is controlled to increase the cross-sectional area of seeded material during casting. |
96 |
METHOD FOR PURIFYING HIGH-PURITY ALUMINIUM BY DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION AND SMELTING FURNACE THEREFOR |
US13977582 |
2011-12-14 |
US20140202653A1 |
2014-07-24 |
Tao Hong; Imin Nurgul |
Provided is a method for preparing high-purity aluminum by directional solidification, comprising the steps of: providing 4N to 5N aluminum as raw material, heating the same to a temperature of 670° C. to 730° C., maintaining the temperature for 7 minutes to 80 minutes, cooling the bottom of chamber (3) to allow the aluminum liquid crystallizing in a direction from the bottom to top of the chamber (3) for 1 hour to 8 hours to obtain a crystalline ingot, during the crystallization process of a finished product of crystalline ingot, stifling and heating the aluminum liquid, maintaining a particular temperature gradient of the aluminum liquid, and removing a portion of the crystalline ingot from one end of the ingot, the remaining portion being the high-purity aluminum. Also provided is a smelting furnace, comprising a shell (1), a heating device (2), a chamber (3), a temperature measurement device, a stirring device and a cooling device (6). |
97 |
ALUMINUM-BASED MATERIAL MELTING APPARATUS |
US13752725 |
2013-01-29 |
US20140054832A1 |
2014-02-27 |
CHAI-LONG YU |
An aluminum-based material melting apparatus includes: a furnace; a melt-discharging conduit having an inner portion disposed in the furnace; a driving mechanism mounted on the furnace; a transmission mechanism connected to the driving mechanism; and a scoop member suspended in the furnace and driven by the driving mechanism through the transmission mechanism so as to be movable in the furnace between upper and lower positions and so as to be rotatable relative to the furnace about an axis between scooping and pouring positions. |
98 |
HEATING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH FURNACE |
US13937908 |
2013-07-09 |
US20140023106A1 |
2014-01-23 |
Chih-Wei HUANG; Jen-Min SHAO; An-Chun LIU |
A heating electrode assembly for a crystal growth furnace includes: a heat insulation board unit that is disposed between a furnace wall and a heater, that includes a first surface facing the furnace wall and a second surface facing the heater, and that is formed with a hole extending through the first surface and the second surface; an electrode unit that includes an electricity input portion mounted to the furnace wall, a post portion disposed in the hole, and an abutment flange connecting the post portion and the heater; and an electrical insulating unit including a tubular sleeve that is disposed in the hole and that surrounds the post portion, and a pad that is clamped between the abutment flange and the second surface. |
99 |
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing cast silicon from seed crystals |
US13851996 |
2013-03-28 |
US08591851B2 |
2013-11-26 |
Nathan G. Stoddard; Roger F. Clark |
Methods and apparatuses are provided for casting silicon for photovoltaic cells and other applications. With these methods, an ingot can be grown that is low in carbon and whose crystal growth is controlled to increase the cross-sectional area of seeded material during casting. |
100 |
Process for preparation of nano ceramic-metal matrix composites and apparatus thereof |
US13056503 |
2008-07-29 |
US08540797B2 |
2013-09-24 |
Rishi Raj; Mirle Krishnegowda Surappa; Sudarshan |
A method to introduce ceramic particles into liquid metal through the polymeric precursor route by cross-linking organic precursor into a hard polymer, which is added to the liquid melt for in-situ pyrolysis of the organic into the ceramic phase. The starting material, the organic, for the above process can be in the form of a liquid or a solid. If it is a solid it is usually dissolved into a solvent to create a liquid form. The organic is then cross linked either directly by a thermal process, by adding a catalyst, or by the well known sol-gel process into a hard polymer. It is this hard polymer which is then pyrolyzed into a high temperature ceramic material by the process outlined above. |