Some Opportunities To Improve Glass Melting

The values of the specific energy consumption and the melting performance calculated from laboratory measurements of soda-lime-silica glass predict efficient sand and dissolution and bubble removal under conditions of rapid melting kinetics and high utilisation of melting space. The impact of glass flow character on bubble removal was investigated in the continuous horizontal or vertical melting channel. The results gave a chance to control the fining performance of the channel by proper temperature boundary conditions.