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Book SynopsisThe 73rd Glass Problem Conference is organized according to the following themes: Glass Melting, Melting, Raw Materials, Batching, and Recycling, Coatings, Strengthening, and Other Topics, Refractories, and Process Control & Modeling
Table of ContentsForeword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Glass Melting
Energy Recovery from Waste Heat in the Glass Industry and Thermochemical Recuperator 3
Hans van Limpt and Tuud Beerkens
Development of DFC (Direct Fusion Combustion) using Oxy-Fuel Burner 17
Takayuki Fujimoto
Finding Optimal Glass Compositions 27
Oleg A. Prokharenko and Sergei O. Prokhorenko
Melting Raw Materials, Batch Reactions, and Recycling
Advanced Melting Technologies with Submerged Combustion 45
I.L. Pioro, L.S. Pioro, D. Rue, and M. Khinkis
The Influence of Borate Raw Material Choice on the Glass Manufacturing Process 67
Andrew Zamurs, David Lever, Simon Cook, and Suresh Donthu
Electrical Heating Systems for Melting Tanks, Forehearths, and Feeders 75
Werner Bock, Gunther Bock, and David Boothe
A Furnace Combustion System Conversion by Flammatec during Operation at Libbey, Inc.-How Flame Geometry Improvement and Excess Air Control Contributes to Fuel Savings 91
Dan Cetnar, Petr Vojtech, and H.P.H. Muljsenberg
Coatings and Strengthening
Color Control of Glass and Multilayer Coatings on Glass 105
David Haskins, Paul A. Medwick, and Mehran Arbab
Hard Glass - Thermal Strengthening of Container Glass 119
Steven Brown
Effects of Glass Coatings on the Glass Tempering Process 131
Clarles Cocagne
The Usable Glass Strength Coalition Initiative to Provide Funding for Fundamental Research in Glass Stregth 141
Robert Weisenburger Lipetz
Refractories
Performance of Fusion-Cast and Bonded Refractories in Glass Melting Furnaces 161
Amul Gupta, Kevin Selkregg, Matthew Wheeler, and Goetz Heilemann
Energy Savings and Furnace Design 177
Matthias Lindig-Nikolaus
New Tin Oxide Electrodes for Glass Melting 183
Julien Fourcade and Olivier Citti
Structural Health Monitoring of Furnace Walls 201
Eric K. Walton, Yakup Bayram, Alexander C. Ruege, Jonathan Young, Robert Burkholder, Gokhan Mumcu, Elmer Sperry, Dan Cetnar, and Thomas Dankert
New CIP SEFPRO Refractory Solution to Extend Soda Lime Glass Furnace Life 207
C. Linnot, M. Gaubil, T. Consales, O. Citti, T. Champion, and J. Poiret
Process Control and Modeling
Non-Isothermal Pendant Drops of Molten Glass: Part 1 211
Byron L. Bemis
ICG TC21 Modeling of Glass Melting Processes-How Reliable and Validated Simulation Tools can Help to Improve Glass Melting Efficiency and Productivity 227
H.P.H Muijsenberg
Proper Modeling of Radiative Heat Transfer in Clear Glass Melts 249
A.M. Lankhorst, L. Thielen, P.J.P.M Simons, and A.F.J.A. Habraken
Novel Method for Stress Inspection of Tempered or Thermally Strengthen Glass 259
Sarath Tennakoon
Author Index 267
