GLASS MELTING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS

A glass melting furnace is operated under a set of control parameters. A glass batch is fed into the glass melting furnace and melted into molten glass. During the melting, a surface layer comprising a portion of the glass batch and foam forms over the molten glass. A plurality of thermograms of the...

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Hauptverfasser:	TOWNER MATTHEW JOHN, PETERS GUIDO, FISHER, JR. DALE MADARD, WESOLOWSKI PIOTR JANUSZ
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COLORIMETRY GLASS MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT MEASURING METALLURGY MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL PHYSICS RADIATION PYROMETRY TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A glass melting furnace is operated under a set of control parameters. A glass batch is fed into the glass melting furnace and melted into molten glass. During the melting, a surface layer comprising a portion of the glass batch and foam forms over the molten glass. A plurality of thermograms of the interior of the glass melting furnace is obtained. The thermograms are analyzed to determine whether there is instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer. The set of control parameters are then adjusted to reduce a determined instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer.