Results
Increase plant efficiency and reduce pollutants emission were a challenge some years ago. It is an economic necessity today.
In glassmaking industry, several solutions are investigated (R&D or Industrial scales). Among them, one consists in recovering waste energy from plant site by indirect preheating to avoid all risks related to oxygen mixing with the fumes.
HotOxyGlass project, funded by the European Commission has 2 main objectives which are linked one to the other:
- To reduce energy consumption of the flat glass production process. Energy consumption has constantly been challenged in the industry, and the project suggests an innovative solution based on oxygen use.
- To reduce pollutants emissions. The project thus contributes to limiting climate change.
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Summary of LIFE Eco-HeatOx results
Read moreThe LIFE+ project has started in December 2013 with full-oxy conversion of a tableware glass furnace.
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Industrial results - ColdOx operations
Read moreThe project started with cold reactants (ColdOx) before operating with hot reactants (HeatOx).
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Industrial results - HeatOx operations
Read moreResults archieved with hot reactants are sumarized below.
LIFE EcoHeat-Ox
Project funded by European Commission for helping industry to reduce its environmental footprint.
Project Description