79th Conference on Glass Problems -

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Foreword x

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Plenary Session

Challenges and Progress in Understanding Glass Melting 3
Mathieu Hubert and Irene Peterson

Cullet Supply Issues and Technologies 15
David M. Rue

Glass Surface Modifications for New Products in the 21st Century 29
J.W. McCamy, A. Ganjoo, and C-H Hung

Flat Glass Manufacturing Before Float 37
Luke Kutilek

Towards the Path for De-Carbonization-Understanding Legislative Challenges 55
Jim Nordmeyer

Dry Sorbent Injection System Optimization and Cost Reduction Potential Through Data Analysis 65
Gerald Hunt, Ian Saratovsky, and Melissa Sewell

Melting and Combustion

Model Predictive Control and Monitoring of the Batch Coverage and Shape, and Its Effects Upon the Crown Temperature. Can this be Correlated to the Overall Glass Quality and Stability in a Glass Furnace? 87
Erik Muijsenberg, Robert Bodi, Menno Eisenga, and Glenn Neff

Optimization of Energy Efficiency, Glass Quality and NO_x Emissions in Oxy-Fuel Glass Furnaces Through Advanced Oxygen Staging 101
Mark D. D'Agostini, and Bill Horan

Staged, Oxy-Fuel Wide Flame Burners to Mitigate Refractory Port Fouling and Foaming in Glass Furnaces 117
Gaurav Kulkarni, Uyi Iyoha, Shrikar Chakravarti, Patrick Diggins III, Arthur Francis, and Gregory J. Panuccio

Industry 3.9 Thermal Imaging Using the Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) 125
N. G. Simpson, S. F. Turner, and M. Bennett

Refractories

INNOREG: Going Beyond a Well-Known Solution for Thermal Regenerators 141
Stefan Postrach and Elias Carrillo

Advanced Post Mortem Study, From Digital Survey to Micro Scale Analysis 151
Emile Lopez, Jean-Ga?l Vuillermet, Isabelle Cabodi and Michel Gaubil

Digitally Mapping the Future of Glass Furnaces with Lasers 157
Bryn Snow, Crawford Murton, Corey Foster, and Ulf Hermansson

SORG 340S+? Forehearths - Improvements and Operational Data 169
R?diger Nebel

Energy Recovery with a New Type of Tin Bath Cooler 177
Wolf Kuhn, Peter Molcan, and Stephane Guillon

Chemical Strengthening of Silicate Glasses: Dangerous and Beneficial Impurities 191
Vincenzo M. Sglavo

Environment

Operating Experience with the OPTIMELTTM Heat Recovery Technology on a Tableware Glass Furnace 201
M. van Valburg, F. Schuurmans, E. Sperry, S. Laux, R. Bell, A. Francis, S. Chakravarti and H. Kobayashi

Continuously Measuring CO and O₂ to Optimize the Combustion Process 213
Lieke de Cock, Vincent van Liebergen, and Marco van Kersbergen

Mitigation Options for Respirable Crystalline Silica: Engineering Controls vs. Personal Protection 219
Kyle Billy

Future of Glass Melting in a World with Stringent Reductions of Carbon Dioxide 227
Stuart Hakes