A Millisecond Furnace is a device used for cracking naphtha into ethylene,[1] by extremely short (50 to 100 millisecond) exposure to temperatures of about 900 degrees Celsius, followed by a rapid quenching below 750 degrees Celsius.

It was developed by M. W. Kellogg and Idemitsu in the 1970s.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "M. W. Kellogg's new pyrolysis furnace...", Technical Survey, 1975, accessed on Google Books 2014-07-31
  2. ↑ "the new Kellogg-Idemistu Millisecond Furnace", High Temperature Chemical Reaction Engineering, Symposium Series No. 43, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1975, p.12-1, accessed on Google Books 2014-07-31
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