| Title |
Sustainable glass production with hybrid plasma-assisted combustion technology |
| Authors |
Striūgas, Nerijus ; Skvorčinskienė, Raminta ; Tamošiūnas, Andrius |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Rhodes, Greece, 19 - 22 June 2024 (Online Proceedings).. Rhodes. 2024, Room I, Session XVII Waste-to-Energy & Energy from Waste, p. 1-2 |
| Abstract [eng] |
Over nearly 100 years, the glass manufacturing process has been improved by redesigning or adapting a range of innovative low-carbon technologies that are much more energy efficient: waste heat recovery technologies, ORC cycles, the use of new insulating materials, energy management, automation and other innovative technologies. Improvements in energy efficiency contribute directly to the reduction of CO2 emissions: over the last century, specific energy consumption and energy-related CO2 emissions have fallen by more than 75%. However, these improvements have almost reached their thermodynamic limit; it is no longer possible to significantly reduce CO2 emissions with current methods and the combustion of natural gas or other fossil fuels. Needs to move towards energy and even greater circularity in glass production where there is potential. The "Flexible Hybrid Furnace of the Future" is the European glass industry's vision to meet the European Green Deal's objective of reducing Europe's carbon emissions and contributing to EU climate neutrality. Effective decarbonisation of the entire glass sector as soon as possible requires the development of new methods and technologies and the search for environmentally friendly alternatives to natural gas as a carbon-neutral alternative fuel. This paper presents the vision and latest results of the Horizon Europe project GIFFT (Sustainable Glass Industry with Fuel-Flexible Technology), whose overall objective is to develop a sustainable, hybrid and biofuelflexible heat generation technology and process that can be integrated into industrial glass production through the efficient use of plasma combustion and gasification systems. |
| Published |
Rhodes |
| Type |
Conference paper |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2024 |
