Modelling Of Glass Stirring And Homogenisation

Glass quality is, to a large extent, determined by the physical and chemical homogeneity of the glass. Homogenisation has been extensively studied in the polymer and food industries, where mathematical modelling tools based on a fundamental description of mixing mechanisms have been developed and successfully applied. This expertise can be applied in the glass industry to study and optimise the homogenisation of glass melts. This paper proposes to combine modelling of glass melting and modelling of mixing to design a tool that is able to product and quantify glass homogeneity in a glass feeder.