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recuperative furnace
a furnace having its incoming air heated by exhaust gases, the passage of air and gases through the furnace being always in the same direction. -
gas furnace
a furnace using gas as a fuel. -
hearth
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room. -
holding furnace
a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting. -
open-hearth process
a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls. -
regenerative furnace
a furnace in which the incoming air is heated by regenerators.