16th International Seminar on Furnace Design

How numerical simulation of refractory corrosion can support Glass furnace soldier block monitoring.

In the challenge of glass furnace decarbonization and consecutive glass melting technology evolutions, soldier block temperature monitoring on dedicated digital platform will bring additional information to follow up and optimize glass furnace lifetime. With this technology developed by SEFPRO, to secure and provide reliable temperature data, unexpected short-term events can be detected and also long-term temperature evolution can provide indication regarding corrosion evolution. We will also particularly discuss during the presentation how predictive numerical simulation of soldier block corrosion, can make the link in between temperature evolution and refractory corrosion profile. Based on a practical case we will present UpToDate results of glass furnace follow up. 

Authors & Affiliations: Michel Gaubil¹, Stéphane Schaller¹, Zi Kang Low², Emile Lopez², SEFPRO
¹: SEFPRO Refractory Solutions dept, Le Pontet, France
²: SGR Provence, Cavaillon, France