The Effect Of Design And Operating Condition Changes On The Heat Transfer In An Oxy-Fuel Fired Glass Tank

The conversion of glass melting tanks to oxy-fuel firing has become an economically viable means of melting glass in recent years. The design of many oxy-fuel fired furnaces has closely followed the design of conventional air-fired furnaces, which may not take advantage of all of the potential advantages inherent to oxy-fuel firing. In this paper, the differences between the heat transfer in an air-fuel fired furnace and an oxy-fuel fired furnace is studied to understand the inherent performance benefits incurred from the conversion.