75th Conference on Glass Problems: A Collection of Papers Presented at the 75th Conference on Glass Problems, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, November 3-6, 2014, Volume 36, Issue 1 / Edition 1

by S. K. Sundaram

Overview

The 75th Glass Problem Conference is organized according to the following themes: Glass Melting, Forming, Energy and Environmental, Refractories, Sensors and Control, Modeling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119117476
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/20/2015
Series:	Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings , #597
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

S. K. Sundaram is an Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University (starting from January 1, 2011). Before joining Alfred University, Dr. Sundaram was a Materials Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He joined the PNNL in 1994 as a post-doctoral fellow and became a Senior Research Scientist in 1996. He was promoted to Chief Materials Scientist in January 2002. On technical front, he has been working on several aspects of advanced transformational materials science and engineering, focused on glass, ceramics, and semiconductors for various applications in energy, environment, health care, and national security. Dr. Sundaram is internationally recognized for interdisciplinary research. He has made over 100 technical presentations, edited/contributed to 11 books, published over 75 peer-reviewed publications and technical reports, mentored/supported over 40 students, and organized/co-organized several national and international symposia on advanced topics in materials science. He also has three issued patents and two provisional patent applications.  Dr. Sundaram is the member of several scientific societies including the American Ceramic Society, and the recipient of prestigious awards.

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Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Glass Melting

Effect of Dissolved Water on Physical Properties of Soda-Lime-Silicate Glasses Udaya K. Vempati Terence J. Clark 3

Comparision of SEM/EDX Analysis to Petrographic Techniques for Identifying the Composition of Stones in Glass Brian Collins Gray Smay Henry Dimmick 13

Forming

Multi Gob Weight Production Xu Ding Jonathan Simon Angelo Dinitto Andreas Helfenstein 29

Closed Loop Control of Glass Container Forming Jonathan Simon Andreas Helfenstein 37

Hard Glass - Commercial Progress of Thermally Strengthened Container Glass Ken Bratton Steven Brown Tim Ringuette Dubravko Stuhne 55

Energy And Environmental

Oxygen Enhanced NOx Reduction (OENR) Technology for Glass Furnaces J. Pedel H. Kobayashi J. de Diego Rincón U. Iyoha E. Evenson G. Cnossen P. Zucca 69

U.S. Air Regulations Involving Glass Manufacturing Steven B. Smith 85

New Combustion Technique for Reducing NOx and CO₂ Emmissions from a Glass Furnace R.S. Pont N. Fricker I. Alliat Y. Agniel L. Kaya 93

Environment and Energy: Flue Gas Treatment and Production of Electrical Power in the Glass Industry Alessandro Monteforte Francesco Zatti 107

OPTIMELT™ Regenerative Thermo-Chemical Heat Recovery for Oxy-Fuel Glass Furnaces A. Gonzalez E. Solorzano C. Lagos G. Lugo S. Laux K.T. Wu R.L. Bell A. Francis H. Kobayashi 113

Refractories

Wear of Basic Refractories in Glass Tank Regenerators David J. Michael H. Edward Wolfe Laura A. Lowe 123

Modern and Competitive Regenerator Designs for Glass Industry Sébastien Bourdonnais 143

Sensors And Control

Detection of Early Stage Glass Penetration and Weak Refractory Spots on Furnace Walls Yakup Bayram Alexander C. Ruege Eric K. Walton Peter Hagan Elmer Sperry Dan Cetnar Robert Burkholder Gokhan Mumcu Steve Weiser 157

Fast and Objective Measurement of Residual Stresses in Glass Henning Katte 165

Feeder Expert Control System for Improved Containers Fred Aker 177

Modeling

3-D Transient Non-Isothermal CFD Modeling for Gob Formation Jian Jiao Oluyinka Bamiro David Lewis Xuelei Zhu 185

Modeling of Heat Transfer and Gas Flows in Glass Furnace Regenerators Oscar Verheijen Andries Habraken Heike Gramberg 201

Energy Analysis for Preheating and Modeling of Heat Transfer from Flue Gas to a Granule Liming Shi Udaya Vempati Sutapa Bhaduri 207

Laboratory Facilities for Simulation of Essential Process Steps in Industrial Glass Furnace Mathi Rongen Mathieu Hubert Penny Marson Stef Lessmann Oscar Verhejjen 223

Heat Transfer in Glass Quenching for Glass Tempering Carlos J. Garciamoreno David A. Everest Arvind Atreya 235

Author Index 253