The basic principles for controlling the thermal and technological regimes of the glassmaking process in furnaces used for sheet-glass production by the float method are presented. Fuel delivery is redistributed above the melting zone in order to improve the operating efficiency of the glass furnace. The technical results of using an efficient distribution of the thermal loads over the burners in the furnace is lower energy consumption in the melting process and higher product quality. It is important to maintain the prescribed level of iron oxides in the glass and to monitor the oxidation-reduction potential during the glass melting process.
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Method of Controlling the Thermal and Technological Process of Glassmaking in Tank Furnaces for Sheet-Glass Production by the Float Method [in Russian], Patent granted on August 8, 2013; Patent application No. 2012119066_03 (028735).
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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 10, pp. 3 – 5, October, 2013.
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Agureev, S.A., Levitin, L.Y. & Tokarev, V.D. Efficient Control Regimes for the Thermal and Technological Process of Glassmaking in Tank Furnaces for Float-Glass Production. Glass Ceram 70, 347–349 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-014-9578-1
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