Wednesday 13th mai 2009 : Energy and the environment

EU legislation overview as it affects European glassmakers, by Guy TACKELS (SAINT-GOBAIN)

CERCAT : a Proven Technology for Air Pollution Control, by David GAMBIER (MAGUIN)

Oxy-firing developments and hollow glass applications (end of campaign furnace boosting, flame polishing and feeders with oxy-gas burners), by Philippe BEAUDOIN (AIR LIQUIDE)

The economic significance of batch calculation, by Henning KATTE (ILIS) / abstract

How can predictive strategies contribute in a better power control and decreased energy consumption?, by Robin Marsland and Sébastien Girard (EUROTHERM)

Innovations in glass melting methods in USA, by Michael GREENMAN (GMIC: Glass Manufacturing Industry Council) / abstract

Minimization of annealing costs, by automatic measurement of the residual stress, by Henning KATTE (ILIS) / abstract





Thursday 14th mai 2009 : Modelling concepts

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of glass melting processes, by Dries HEGEN (TNO) / abstract

Experimental procedures to simulate essential process steps in glass melting, by Marco Van KERSBERGEN (TNO) abstract

Atmospheric impact assessment: regulatory purposes and real time, by Armand ALBERGEL (ARIA TECHNOLOGIES) / abstract

GDF SUEZ service offer, in natural gas combustion control: applications in the glass industry (melting furnaces, and feeders), by Remy CORDIER (GDF-SUEZ) / abstract

Numerical prediction of stress evolution during cooling of glass containers using the Narayanaswamy Model, by Benoît DEBBAU and M.Thierry MARCHAL (Ansys) / abstract

Gob Assist, an indispensable tool for the glass industry, by Michael PODGORSKI (Xpar) / abstract

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