Projects
Projects: Summary of Projects by RegionProjects in Region Scotland involving Laidlaw Drew Ltd : 2004-6-1330 |
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| Reference Number | 2004-6-1330 | |
| Title | Development of Flameless Glass Melting | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Industry) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor SJ Wilcox School of Technology University of Glamorgan |
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| Award Type | 3 | |
| Funding Source | Carbon Trust | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 April 2007 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £250,000 | |
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| Region | Wales | |
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| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor SJ Wilcox , School of Technology, University of Glamorgan |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Gaz de France SA Project Contact , Laidlaw Drew Ltd |
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| Objectives | The objectives of this project are to optimise a new firing configuration for primary glass melters and to confirm its capability by the successful firing of a full-scale production furnace. In addition, the project will deliver patents, design tools and process data for the new combustion configuration for glass melting. | |
| Abstract | The UK's primary glass melting industry consumes about 19,000 TJ/year and emits significant quantities of carbon to the atmosphere. This project aims to reduce fuel use and NOx emissions on existing primary glass melters through the application of a new combustion approach. Carbon emission reductions will result from increased thermal efficiency of the glass melting process and elimination of the fuel burned for post-furnace NOx clean up. To achieve these aims, the project is: exploring options to achieve suitable combustion configurations while respecting the physical constraints (e.g. access to burners) of primary glass melters; confirming that there are unlikely to be any adverse effects on the glass melting process; specifying and registering patents to underpin commercialisation of the development; preparing a design tool that will be the basis of a commercial design service by the University of Glamorgan to specify burner configurations for individual glass melters; confirming, on a production furnace, the effectiveness of the new combustion process. The new approach could be applied as a retrofit on existing furnaces. This would accelerate the take up of the technology, which would otherwise be limited by the 15-year renewal cycle on primary glass melting furnaces | |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
