China's Refractories

《中国耐火材料》英文版

China's Refractories ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 1-6.DOI: 10.19691/j.cnki.1004-4493.2021.02.001

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Innovation of Regenerator Checkerwork for Glass Melting Furnaces

Rongxing BEI1,*(), Guangfeng WANG2   

  1. 1 RHI Magnesita, Wiesbaden 65189, Germany
    2 RHI Magnesita, Shanghai 200021, China
  • Online:2021-06-15 Published:2021-06-15
  • Contact: Rongxing BEI
  • About author:Bei Rongxing studied in Wuhan University of Technology, China and got his PhD degree at the Aachen University, Germany. In 1990 he joined Philips for glass melting and glass development. Since 2006 he has being working in the department of technical marketing in RHI Magnesita.

Abstract:

Regenerator checkerwork for glass melting furnaces should have high resistance against thermal stress and chemical attack, high mechanical stability, high efficiency to recover the heat from waste gas and low tendency for clogging. This article reviews the innovation of the regenerator checkerwork from the past decades. The state of the art for optimised material choice and optimised checker shapes will be reported.

Key words: glass melting furnace, regenerator, checkerwork