U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Industrial Technologies Program – Glass Industry of the Future
Completed R&D Projects
Several R&D projects previously funded by the Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) relating to the glass industry have been completed. Available documents and results from these projects are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Advanced Processing and Environmental R&D
- Advanced Glass Temperature Sensor (PDF 9.6 MB)
- Elements for Real Time Steady Simulation of Flat Glass Lehr Control (PDF 365 KB)
- Gas Temperature Measurement for Oxygen-Enhanced Glass Synthesis (PDF 135 KB)
- In-House Recovery and Recycling of Glass from Glass Manufacturing Waste (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Measurement and Control of Glass Feedstocks (PDF 1.3 MB)
- Molybdenum Disilicide Composites for Glass Sensors (PDF 439 KB)
- Monitoring and Control of Alkali Volatilization and Batch Carryover for Minimization of Particulates and Crown Corrosion (PDF 141 KB)
- On-Line Sensor System for Monitoring the Cure of Coatings
- Oscillating Combustion (PDF 7.1 MB)
- Redox State Sensor Technology (PDF 322 KB)
- Sensor Fusion for Intelligent Process Control (PDF 4.9 MB)
- Thermal Imaging Control of Furnaces and Combustors (PDF 1.1 MB)
Energy Efficiency Performance Improvements
- Advanced Combustion Space Models (PDF 8.2 MB)
- Advanced Oxy-Fuel-Fired Front-End System (PDF 1.1 MB)
- High-Luminosity, Low-NOx Burner (PDF 95 KB)
- Characterization and Structural Modeling of Magnesia-Alumina Spinel Glass Tank Refractories (PDF 4.0 MB)
- Development and Validation of a Coupled Combustion Space/Glass Bath Furnace Simulation (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Glass Research Facility (PDF 731 KB)
- Improved Refractories for Glass (PDF 5.7 MB) (PDF 5.6 MB)
- Modeling of Glass Processes (PDF 782 KB)
- On-Line Chemical Vapor Deposition of Coatings on Float Glass
- Oxygen-Enriched Air Staging (PDF 13.1 MB)
- Oxy-Fuel Firing (PDF 6.5 MB)
- Selective Batching for Improved Commercial Glass Melting (PDF 363 KB)
- Process Optimization Strategies, Models, and Chemical Databases for On-Line Coating of Float Glass (PDF 94 KB)
- Enhanced Cutting and Finishing of Handglass using a Carbon Dioxide Laser (PDF 146 KB)
Next Generation Melting Systems
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