Design of new energy-friendly compositions

Abstract

In order to be energy efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable, commercial glass production in the 21st century must evolve and some of the technologies and methodologies that will make this possible are discussed. Development and implementation of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly soda-lime-silica glass compositions are discussed in terms of environmental and legislative requirements; the reduction of melting energies and atmospheric emissions; glass properties and the effects of individual glass components and raw materials; and technologies that can help glassmakers to meet new requirements. This in-depth treatment provides detailed step-by-step analysis, with appropriate examples, of the opportunities for compositional reformulation, new raw materials, new melting and abatement technologies, and some of the practical and economic effects that such changes will provide. © 2010 Springer-Verlag US.