Long Term Results Of Oxy Fuel Forehearth Heating Technology For E-Glass Fibres

This paper presents the long-term results of ALGLASS ForeHearth (FH) 2-6kW burner technology in four industrial installations of E-glass fibre and borosilicate container glass industries. ALGLASS FH is an oxy combustion technology developed for glass forehearth that addresses the difficulties encountered in the forehearth. The burner is based on an innovative method for fuel injection with a swirl effect to control flame length (200-300mm). The burner geometry and external body can be easily adapted to customer refractory blocks to meet desired energy profile. Burner robustness, reliability, its flexibility to control flame length and primary energy savings have been confirmed through these references.