Open AccessDemonstration of oxygen-enriched air staging at Owens-Brockway glass containers. Quarterly report. Feb. 1, 1996--Apr. 30, 1996
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/259359
Subject(s) - glass furnace , port (circuit theory) , ton , oxygen , container (type theory) , waste management , environmental science , metallurgy , chemistry , engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , organic chemistry , history
Objective is to demonstrate use of a previously developed combustion modification technology to reduce NO{sub x} emissions from sideport regenerative container glass melters. Host furnace is an Owens- Brockway 6-port pair sideport furnace in Vernon CA producing 325- ton/d of amber container glass. Baseline NO{sub x} level is 4.0 lb/ton glass; an anticipated NO{sub x} reduction of 50% would lower this to below 2 lb/ton. With the OEAS operating on only one of the 6 ports, an overall NO{sub x} reduction of 8-10% was obtained, suggesting that an overall furnance NO{sub x} reduction of 50% can be achieved