Conference on Glass Problems (GPC)
About the Event
Event
The 83rd Conference on Glass Problems will take place October 31-November 3, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The Conference on Glass Problems is organized by the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council and Alfred University. It is endorsed by The American Ceramic Society.
When
Location
Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus OH, USA
SEFPRO at the Conference on Glass Problems
When ? Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 11:00 a.m. -- 11:30 a.m.
How will the electrification of glass furnaces impact refractories?
In order to decrease CO2 emission in glass melting processes, glass industry use more extensively electrical boosting. This induce particular combine stresses on Fused cast electrode blocks such as glass corrosion, thermo-mechanical stresses, thermo-electrical stresses. Based on post mortem fused cast electrode block studies, laboratory pilot corrosion tests and numerical simulations we will discussed the complex damaging process these particular block.
We will observe the properties evolution of refractory material submitted to glass flow rate and intensive electrical current. With the support of the long experience on refractory material application, different refractory material choice will be proposed. Thanks to thermos-mechanical FEM numerical simulation, electrode block system including electrode holder and their influence on thermal stresses fields will be analyzed.
Finally, we will describe a simplified corrosion simulation model than can help to establish recommendation and could help for refractory choices.
Authors & Affiliation: Isabell Gross, Research Engineer for SEFPRO
