66th Conference on Glass Problems : A Collection of Papers Presented at the 66th Conference on Glass Problems, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 24-26 2005

by Editor: Waltraud M. Kriven (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

• ISBN13: 9780470068113
• ISBN10: 0470068116
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society

Summary

This book provides a state-of-the-art collection of papers presented at the 66 th Conference on Glass Problems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in October of 2005.

Author Biography

Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Australia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Furnaces.

First Industrial Results of ALGLASS SUN Operation.

On-Line Oxygen Sensor for the Tin Bath in Float Glass Production Lines.

An Advanced Control System to Increase Glass Quality and Glass Production Yields Based on GS ESIII Technology.

Breaking the Boundaries of PID.

Refractories.

Service Experience and Postmortem Analysis of High Alumina Crown Refractories from E-Glass Furnaces.

Silica Loss in Crowns by Reactions with Glass Melt Vapours.

Raw Materials.

Techniques for Upgrading Dust Collection Systems.

The Influence of Batch Segregation and Bulk Flow on Glass Quality.

Measurements of Batch and Cullet Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.

Glass Batch Raw Material Transportation: Expensive and Unreliable.

Amber Glass-40  Years of Lessons Learned.

The Use of Borates in Glass Melting.

Effect of Key Oxides, Including Li2O, on Reducing the Melt Viscosity and Energy Demand of E-Glass Compositions.

Environmental Issues.

Recycling of Cullet into Flat Glass Melting Furnaces.

Recycling in Container Glass Production: Present Problems in European Glass Industry.

Contribution to the Characterization of Dust Emissions of Glass Melting Furnaces.