regenerative furnace

noun

A furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.

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nounregenerative furnace (plural regenerative furnaces)

plural regenerative furnaces

  1. engineeringA furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
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    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 28, Charles Hanford Henderson, “The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: The Glass Industry II”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42
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