An installation for melting a composition of raw materials, suitable for obtaining glass wool, textile glass yarns and/or flat glass, includes a melting chamber equipped with at least one submerged burner, wherein the melting chamber is defined by side walls made of refractory material and a bare metal bottom traversed by a network of pipes adapted for the circulation of a cooling fluid.

Described herein are photonic furnaces and methods of using the same to produce metal products from a precursor material.

Described herein are photonic furnaces and methods of using the same to produce metal products from a precursor material.

The invention relates to a melting method, in which method unmelted charges form a bank 30 resting on one side against the upstream wall 11 of the furnace 10 and having, on the opposite side, a free surface 40; the unmelted charges are heated by means of at least three flames 51, 52, 53 at a regulated power and momentum and are directed towards the free surface 40 so as to define impact zones 41, 42, 43 on this free surface 40 over at least three different distances I1, I2, I3 of one of the side walls 13, 13 of the furnace 10.

The disclosure relates to a gas heater assembly (1) for a gas heating process, the assembly (1) comprising: a burner body (4) comprising a burner chamber (6) for burning an injecting fuel (8) and an oxidizing gas (10), which burner chamber (6) is arranged in a cavity (2) of the burning body (4); a first conveying pipe (12) for supplying the injecting fuel (8) to the burner chamber (6); a second conveying pipe (14) for supplying the oxidizing gas (10) to the burner chamber (6); a burner housing (16), comprising a housing wall (25), which is configured to encircle the burner body (4) and to create a first annular channel (18) for a gas (20) in a space (22) between the outside of the burner body (4) and the inside of the housing wall (25) of the burner housing (16); and at least one burner body support (26), which is configured to support and centre the burner body (4) in the burner housing (16), wherein the burner body (4) comprises a flame opening (28) for a burning flame (30), which is configured to heat the gas (20) which passing the first annular channel (18). The disclosure further relates to a system (42) for a gas heating process.

Described herein are photonic furnaces and methods of using the same to produce metal products from a precursor material.

Described herein are photonic furnaces and methods of using the same to produce metal products from a precursor material.