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regenerative furnace en · NOUN
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A furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
These are modifications of the Siemens regenerative furnace, but differ from it in having the gas generator directly alongside of the melting chamber instead of at a distance. The coal is burned on the ordinary step-grate to carbon-monoxide gas which passes while still hot directly to the combustion area.
1893 March 14, Charles Hanford Henderson, “The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: The Glass Industry II”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42:
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