A method and apparatus for protecting a furnace floor of a black liquor recovery boiler, where the furnace floor is covered by a protective layer, the protective layer being formed of a salt mixture including at least two different salts.

A method and apparatus for protecting a furnace floor of a black liquor recovery boiler, where the furnace floor is covered by a protective layer, the protective layer being formed of a salt mixture including at least two different salts.

It is intended to provide a method for forming a brick lining to construct a sidewall of a kiln/furnace, while improving efficiency of brick lining forming work without causing any increase in manufacturing cost of bricks to be used. The brick lining forming method comprises stacking a plurality of tiers of bricks, respectively, on a plurality of tier regions of an inner surface of a hollow approximately cylindrical-shaped peripheral portion of a kiln/furnace to construct a side wall of the kiln/furnace, wherein two or more of the plurality of tier regions are different in terms of pre-lining radius, wherein only bricks identical in terms of taper angle and height dimension are used, except for an adjustment brick, in each of the two or more tier regions different in terms of the pre-lining radius, wherein bricks identical in terms of the taper angle, the height dimension and length dimension, and different in terms of back face width, are used in at least a part of each of the two or more tier regions.

It is intended to provide a method for forming a brick lining to construct a sidewall of a kiln/furnace, while improving efficiency of brick lining forming work without causing any increase in manufacturing cost of bricks to be used. The brick lining forming method comprises stacking a plurality of tiers of bricks, respectively, on a plurality of tier regions of an inner surface of a hollow approximately cylindrical-shaped peripheral portion of a kiln/furnace to construct a side wall of the kiln/furnace, wherein two or more of the plurality of tier regions are different in terms of pre-lining radius, wherein only bricks identical in terms of taper angle and height dimension are used, except for an adjustment brick, in each of the two or more tier regions different in terms of the pre-lining radius, wherein bricks identical in terms of the taper angle, the height dimension and length dimension, and different in terms of back face width, are used in at least a part of each of the two or more tier regions.

A first wall structure for a plasma chamber (200). The first wall structure comprises and inner wall (201) and a solid deposit (202). The inner wall is formed from a refractory metal or an alloy or composite thereof and has a plurality of pores. The solid deposit in thermal contact with the inner wall, such that the plurality of pores provide a passage from an exterior of the first wall structure to the deposit. The deposit consists of a material having a boiling point less than a melting point of the refractory metal. The first wall structure is configured such that at a normal operating temperature of the first wall structure, the deposit is solid.

A method of densification of refractory material in a gap between a tap hole sleeve of a furnace and a surround block of the furnace, the surround block surrounding the tap hole sleeve, the method comprising, includes positioning a tool in the gap, the tool including a support having opposing surfaces and a sidewall connecting the opposing surfaces, the opposing surfaces having an arcuate shape, a plurality of elongated members extending from one of the opposing surfaces, and a connector arranged on the other of the opposing surfaces. The gap is filled with dry material, and vibration is applied to the tool to densify the dry material.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation for vaginal administration, wherein the formulation comprises a pharmaceutical acceptable excipient and glucono δ-lactone, wherein the glucono δ-lactone is present in an amount of 5 to 99 wt % of the formulation. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention for use in the prevention or treatment of a urogenital fungal infection. Furthermore, the invention relates to glucono δ-lactone (formula (III)), for use in the in the prevention or treatment of a fungal infection.

A refractory anchor for lining a thermal vessel including (a) a mounting element positioned in the center of the refractory anchor that is adapted for mounting the refractory anchor to the thermal vessel; (b) two three-anchor fin arrangements that are each directly connected to the mounting element by a first anchor fin positioned in each three-anchor fin arrangement, wherein each three-anchor fin arrangement is positioned on opposite sides of the mounting element relative to one another such that the first anchor fins of each three-anchor fin arrangement are angled (α) relative to one another; and (c) optionally a reinforcement fin connected to and extending away from one of the three-anchor fin arrangements.

A refractory anchor for lining a thermal vessel including (a) a mounting element positioned in the center of the refractory anchor that is adapted for mounting the refractory anchor to the thermal vessel; (b) two three-anchor fin arrangements that are each directly connected to the mounting element by a first anchor fin positioned in each three-anchor fin arrangement, wherein each three-anchor fin arrangement is positioned on opposite sides of the mounting element relative to one another such that the first anchor fins of each three-anchor fin arrangement are angled (α) relative to one another; and (c) optionally a reinforcement fin connected to and extending away from one of the three-anchor fin arrangements.

An installation method of a refractory fiber integral module, includes: carrying out construction pretreatment, then welding an anchoring part to a furnace wall, and then laying a tiled layer along the furnace wall; then fixing the refractory fiber integral module neatly on a hot surface of the tiled layer by the anchoring part to form a refractory fiber prefabricated layer, and filling reserved gaps between the refractory fiber integral modules with compensation strips; finally checking the refractory fiber prefabricated layer, and repairing gaps whose width is greater than a preset width.