73rd Conference on Glass Problems

Foreword 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