Foreword |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Melting and Modeling |
Experiences with an Oxygen-Fired Container Glass Furnace with Silica Crown-14 Years-a World Record? / Jan J. Schep |
Fining of Glass Melts: What We Know about Fining Processes Today / Ruud Beerkens |
All-Electric Furnaces for High Quality Demands in a Wide Range of Glass Compositions / Laris Biennek ; Harald Jodeit ; Hans-Jürgen Linz |
Laboratory Experiments and Mathematical Modeling Can Solve Furnace Operational Problems / H. P. H. Muijsenberg ; J. Ullrich ; G. Neff |
Applications of Model Based Control in Float and Fiberglass / Ron Finch |
LCD Glass Manufacturing for a Global Industry / Daniel A. Nolet |
Refractories |
Buying Refractories in China / Charles E. Semler |
Refractories for a Global Glass Market / Sarah Baxendale ; Nigel Longshaw |
History of Hot Repairs-Past, Present and Future / David T. Boothe |
Water-Cooled Refractory Shapes for Harsh Forehearth Superstructure Applications / Walter L. Evans ; Luke Evans ; Christopher W. Hughes |
A New Silica Brick Without Lime Bonding / Götz Heilemann ; Stefan Postrach ; Rongxing Bei ; Bernhard Schmalenbach ; Klaus Santowski |
Combustion and Energy Savings |
An Improved Solution for Oxy-Fuel Fired Glass Melting Furnaces / Matthias Lindig |
Batch Preheating on Container Glass Furnaces / Hansjürgen Barklage-Hilgefort |
Energy Saving Options for Glass Furnaces and Recovery of Heat from Their Flue Gases and Experiences with Batch and Cullet Pre-Heaters Applied in the Glass Industry |
Industrial Results of Alglass FH Oxy Fuel Forehearth Burner Operation / Robert Kalcevic ; Remi Tsiava ; Ryuji Fujinuma ; Chendhill Periasamy ; Rajeev Prabhakar ; George Todd |
Float Fire Gas Fired System for Tin Float Lines / Jim Roberts ; Herb Gessler ; Gary Deren |
Evaluation and Implementation of X-Ray Analysis of Raw Materials Using Borate Fusion Samples / Neal T. Nicholas ; Brian D. Mitchell |
Glass Surface Corrosion and Protective Interleaving Systems / Paul F. Düffer |
Environmental Issues and New Products |
Megatrends in the Commercial Glazing Market-A Challenge for the Glass Industry / James J. Finley |
Looking Windward: Fiber Glass in the Energy Markets / Cheryl A. Richards |
Current Glass Furnace Air Emission Compliance Issues / C. Phillip Ross |
Global Warming and Sustainability of the Glass Industry / Guy Tackels |
Author Index |