Foreword viiPreface ixAcknowledgements xiPlenary 1Evolution of Refractory in the Glass Industry 3Stefan Postrach and Ignacio RamirezHow Big Is My Carbon Footprint...Revisited 15Christopher J. HoyleGlass Melting of the Future 23H. P. H. Muijsenberg, Hans Mahrenholtz, G. Neff, S. Hakes, C. Jatzwauk, and A. BirleQuality 43Digital Measurement of Cord Stresses in Container Glass 45Henning KatteThe Electrical Systems Will Become the Gas Skits of the Future 59René Meuleman and Christian CollombetMelting And Control 61All-Electric-Forehearth Design with Zero Emissions 63Christoph Jatzwauk, Stuart Hakes, and Hans MahrenholtzThe Fully Compartmentalized Glass Furnace 69Adam Polcyn5-Year Operating Experience with the Optimelt(TM) Heat Recovery Technology on a Tableware Furnace 79M. van Valburg, H. Kobayashi, and A. AluriModern Controller and Sensor Technology to Achieve Optimum Energy Efficiency 87Andries Habraken, Sjoerd Stelwagen, and Rui CarneiroRefractories and Raw Materials 95How Will the Electrification of Glass Furnaces Impact Refractories? 97Isabelle Cabodi, Isabell Gross, Pierrick Vespa, Michel Gaubil, and Stephane SchallerFuture-Proofing Your Dust Collection System Best Practices in Dust Collection for the Glass Industry 105Alysha Yinger and Kyle BillieCombustion and Sustainability 111Partial Oxy-Fuel Conversion of Glass Forehearths: A Cost-Effective Way to Reduce CO2 Emissions by 50% 113J. Pedel, G. Kulkarni, S. Vijayan, and R. NathAdvances in Glass Industry Energy Savings using Heat Oxycombustion 119James McAndrew, Kenneth Kaiser, Bhupesh Dhungel, Jiefu Ma, Chendhil Periasamy, Rémi Tsiava, Abou Ba, Mohand Amirat, Niomar Marcano, Xavier Paubel, Tâm Lâm, Luc Jarry, Emre Dumankaya, Nes¸et Arzan, Bahtiyar Dalg1ç, and Erdinc¸ S¸ükrüBlue and Green Hydrogen Production, Distribution, and Supply for the Glass Industry and the Potential Impact of Hydrogen Fuel Blending in Glass Furnaces 127Michael J. Gallagher, Ashwin Vinod, and Roger A. DewingDesign and Implementation of Optifire(TM) Flex Burner for Foam Reduction in Oxy-Fuel Glass Furnaces 137Robert L. Bell, Geert Cnossen, Robert Miller, Gaurav Kulkarni, and Hisashi Kobayashi