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Schuurmans Leerdams project manager reported how the Optimelt heat recovery technology was installed and how well the technology is working. He reported Optimelt is now operating at 99% of the time.
The winner of this years’ coveted Michael Garvey Award for the best paper of the day was Burçin Gul of Şişecam. She is a young research engineer who gave her first conference paper in English. Her paper clearly demonstrated her knowledge and understanding of computer modelling and glass making to model the effects of the combustion space in an end fired furnace, improving energy and cullet consumption.
The conference concluded with Andy Reynolds and Nigel Longshaw signing the Fellows Book to formally become Fellows of the SGT and Neil Simpson was presented a special award for his outstanding commitment to further the goals of the SGT.
The SGT has always aimed and prided itself on making the Conference a social event. This year over 40 delegates had a very enjoyable Dinner at the Totally Delicious Bistro on the eve of the Furnace Solutions Conference and after an inspiring Training Day, where old and new friends came together for an evening of laughter.
Garvey Award Winner 2019 Burçin Gul of Şişecam
Refractories are always an important topic at Furnace Solutions. Michel Gaubil of SEFPRO discussed the thermomechanical stresses induced by the glass corrosion process of fusion cast AZS Soldier Blocks. And Benjamin Köster of Hotwork continued the refractory theme demonstrating how regenerators can be repaired using oxygen to hot hold the furnace.
The environment is never far from our minds. Andy Reynolds and Fives Stein are working hard to develop all electric furnaces to meet future zero CO2
emission targets. Andy’s paper looked at their work understanding refractory corrosion in an all-electric furnace.
For a successful conference the SGT always encourages glass producers to pass on their experience to their peers, 2019 was no exception. In 2017 Libbey installed Optimelt technology at their Leerdam site. Frank
After the Training Day, first time presenter Richard White said ‘It was a pleasure to be able to partake in the meeting’ and first time attendee Sam Leaper from first time sponsor Henry F Teichmann said ‘Thanks to everyone connected with the event for setting it up and taking care of everything. I enjoyed the conference very much and will look forward to next years’ event.’
The theme for next years’ training day and conference is ‘Know your Furnace’. The Training Day will concentrate of how and why it is important to monitor your furnace and operation. The Conference takes that theme further with papers from experts who audit and monitor the furnace. The SGT is looking for contributions from experts who can pass on their experience and demonstrate new technologies. Potential contributors are invited to send a title and short abstract of their paper to Christine Brown at
christine@sgt.org by the end of the year. Next years’ conference will again be held at Lucideon, Stoke-on-Trent on the 3rd and 4th June.
TD7 Attendees 2019 July 2019 Issue 11
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