Philosophy, Design, and Performance of Oxy‐Fuel Furnaces

Abstract

When Ball-Foster was formed in September 1995, it had eight oxy-fuel furnaces in operation. There are currently nine oxy-fuel furnaces in operation with additional installations under consideration. Of the existing furnaces, six were designed to fire full oxy-fuel and three were retrofits: one end port, one side port and one electric. A practice in oxy-fuel furnace operations has been to compare notes on the evolution of design, performance and operation of these furnaces to obtain insight into future design.