Analysis of elementary process steps in industrial glass melting tanks - Some ideas on innovations in industrial glass melting

Ceramics - Silikaty

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 206-217

  Beerkens, Ruud ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compact melter; Controlled melting; Fast fining; Glass furnace design

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATTERNS; FURNACES; GAS ABSORPTION; GLASS; GLASS FURNACES; GLASS MANUFACTURE; STEEL STRUCTURES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AVERAGE RESIDENCE TIMES; COMPACT MELTER; CONTAINER GLASSES; CONTROLLED MELTING; DISSOLVED GASES; ELEMENTARY PROCESSES; FAST FINING; FLOAT GLASSES; FUSION PROCESSES; GLASS FURNACE DESIGN; GLASS MELTS; GLASS PRODUCTS; HIGH QUALITIES; INDUSTRIAL GLASSES; LONG RESIDENCE TIMES; MELTING PROCESSES; MELTING TANKS; MINIMUM RESIDENCE TIMES; MIXING BEHAVIORS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS STEPS; RATE RATIOS; RECIRCULATION FLOWS; REQUIRED TIMES; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RESIDENCE TIMES; SAND GRAIN DISSOLUTIONS;

MELTING;

EID: 58049160151     PISSN: 08625468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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