Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 7, 2008
Publication date:
October 14, 2010
Applicants:
AGC Flat Glass Europe SA, L'AIR LIQUIDE SOC ANON POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOIT
Inventors:
Olivier Douxchamps, Eric Baudelet, Bertrand Leroux, Gabriel Constantin, Remi Tsiava, Bruno Symoens