The 15th Conference on Electric and Other High Efficiency Glass Melting Techniques takes place in Prague, Czech Republic on 9 September 2010 and is expected to attract 150 leading specialists in the field. Topics to be addressed include: Electric power as an alternative source of energy for glass melting; Efficiency of electric melting, reservations and limitations; Optimisation of the furnace wall setup, glass temperature and heat insulation from the viewpoint of corrosion and energy consumption; New materials and designs (refractory, electrodes, electrode holders); Recovery of waste heat; New techniques of electric melting; Oxy-fuel glass melting; Pre-heating of natural gas; and History of electric melting. For more information please go to: www.czech-glass-society.cz
