Energy consumption in different types of glass treatment processes

Reijo Karvinen, Antti Aronen
Tampere University of Technology, Mikko Rantala
Glaston

Energy consumption of processes is of vital importance, when industrial processes are designed and used in, a near future due to environmental restrictions. Also the price of energy is surely going up and it gives new requirements in consumption. In glass treatment processes energy is used in various ways: generating heating with electrical resistors and using compressed air for heating and cooling purposes. In the paper energy consumption in different phases of processing is considered, when glass is tempered, bended, laminated or checked in a heat soak process. Possibilities to reduce energy consumption with process modifications is proposed and discussed.

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