S. K. Sundaram 
75th Conference on Glass Problems [EPUB ebook] 
A Collection of Papers Presented at the 75th Conference on Glass Problems, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, November 3-6, 2014, Volume 36, Issue 1

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Glass Melting
Effect of Dissolved Water on Physical Properties of Soda-Lime- Silicate Glasses 3
Udaya K. Vempati and Terence J. Clark
Comparison of SEM/EDX Analysis to Petrographic Techniques for Identifying the Composition of Stones in Glass 13
Brian Collins, Gary Smay, and Henry Dimmick
Forming
Multi Gob Weight Production 29
Xu Ding, Jonathan Simon, Angelo Dinitto, and Andreas Helfenstein
Closed Loop Control of Glass Container Forming 37
Jonathan Simon and Andreas Helfenstein
Hard Glass–Commercial Progress of Thermally Strengthened Container Glass 55
Ken Bratton, Steven Brown, Tim Ringuette, and Dubravko Stuhne
Energy and Environmental
Oxygen Enhanced NOx Reduction (OENR) Technology for Glass Furnaces 69
J. Pedel, H. Kobayashi, J. de Diego Rincón, U. Iyoha, E. Evenson, G. Cnossen, and P. Zucca
U.S. Air Regulations Involving Glass Manufacturing 85
Steven B. Smith
New Combustion Technique for Reducing NOx and CO2 Emissions from a Glass Furnace 93
R.S. Pont, N. Fricker, I. Alliat, Y. Agniel, and L. Kaya
Environment and Energy: Flue Gas Treatment and Production of Electrical Power in the Glass Industry 107
Alessandro Monteforte and Francesco Zatti
OPTIMELT(TM) Regenerative Thermo-Chemical Heat Recovery for Oxy-Fuel Glass Furnaces 113
A. Gonzalez, E. Solorzano, C. Lagos, G. Lugo, S. Laux, K.T. Wu, R.L. Bell, A. Francis, and H. Kobayashi
Refractories
Wear of Basic Refractories in Glass Tank Regenerators 123
David J. Michael, H. Edward Wolfe, and Laura A. Lowe
Modern and Competitive Regenerator Designs for Glass Industry 143
Sébastien Bourdonnais
Sensors and Control
Detection of Early Stage Glass Penetration and Weak Refractory Spots on Furnace Walls 157
Yakup Bayram, Alexander C. Ruege, Eric K. Walton, Peter Hagan, Elmer Sperry, Dan Cetnar, Robert Burkholder, Gokhan Mumcu, and Steve Weiser
Fast and Objective Measurement of Residual Stresses in Glass 165
Henning Katte
Feeder Expert Control System for Improved Containers 177
Fred Aker
Modeling
3-D Transient Non-Isothermal CFD Modeling for Gob Formation 185
Jian Jiao, Oluyinka Bamiro, David Lewis, and Xuelei Zhu
Modeling of Heat Transfer and Gas Flows in Glass Furnace Regenerators 201
Oscar Verheijen, Andries Habraken, and Heike Gramberg
Energy Analysis for Preheating and Modeling of Heat Transfer from Flue Gas to a Granule 207
Liming Shi, Udaya Vempati, and Sutapa Bhaduri
Laboratory Facilities for Simulation of Essential Process Steps in Industrial Glass Furnaces 223
Mathi Rongen, Mathieu Hubert, Penny Marson, Stef Lessmann, and Oscar Verheijen
Heat Transfer in Glass Quenching for Glass Tempering 235
Carlos J. Garciamoreno, David A. Everest, and Arvind Atreya
Author Index 253

S. K. Sundaram is an Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University (starting from January 1, 2011). Before joining Alfred University, Dr. Sundaram was a Materials Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He joined the PNNL in 1994 as a post-doctoral fellow and became a Senior Research Scientist in 1996. He was promoted to Chief Materials Scientist in January 2002. On technical front, he has been working on several aspects of advanced transformational materials science and engineering, focused on glass, ceramics, and semiconductors for various applications in energy, environment, health care, and national security. Dr. Sundaram is internationally recognized for interdisciplinary research. He has made over 100 technical presentations, edited/contributed to 11 books, published over 75 peer-reviewed publications and technical reports, mentored/supported over 40 students, and organized/co-organized several national and international symposia on advanced topics in materials science. He also has three issued patents and two provisional patent applications. Dr. Sundaram is the member of several scientific societies including the American Ceramic Society, and the recipient of prestigious awards.