The Development & Successful Application Of 100% Oxygen-Oil Combustion For Glass Melters

Oil is the primary fuel used to melt glass in many parts of the world. Even where natural gas is abundant, oil may be the preferred back-up fuel. Corning Incorporated has glass melting applications that require oil as both the primary and back-up fuel. As conventional furnances converted to oxy-gas, the requirement to supply back-up oxy-oil became imperative. In addition, oxygen atomization was required to avoid unnecessary NOx formation, as would occur with air atomization. The development of an oxygen atomized light-to-heavy oil-oxygen burner is traced from concept to laboratory to testing in a full-scale furnace to complete conversion of a test furnace to system commercialization in a large production color television panel furnace.