S. K. Sundaram 
79th Conference on Glass Problems [PDF ebook] 

Foreword x
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Plenary Session
Challenges and Progress in Understanding Glass Melting 3
Mathieu Hubert and Irene Peterson
Cullet Supply Issues and Technologies 15
David M. Rue
Glass Surface Modifications for New Products in the 21st Century 29
J.W. Mc Camy, A. Ganjoo, and C-H Hung
Flat Glass Manufacturing Before Float 37
Luke Kutilek
Towards the Path for De-Carbonization-Understanding Legislative Challenges 55
Jim Nordmeyer
Dry Sorbent Injection System Optimization and Cost Reduction Potential Through Data Analysis 65
Gerald Hunt, Ian Saratovsky, and Melissa Sewell
Melting and Combustion
Model Predictive Control and Monitoring of the Batch Coverage and Shape, and Its Effects Upon the Crown Temperature. Can this be Correlated to the Overall Glass Quality and Stability in a Glass Furnace? 87
Erik Muijsenberg, Robert Bodi, Menno Eisenga, and Glenn Neff
Optimization of Energy Efficiency, Glass Quality and NOx Emissions in Oxy-Fuel Glass Furnaces Through Advanced Oxygen Staging 101
Mark D. D’Agostini, and Bill Horan
Staged, Oxy-Fuel Wide Flame Burners to Mitigate Refractory Port Fouling and Foaming in Glass Furnaces 117
Gaurav Kulkarni, Uyi Iyoha, Shrikar Chakravarti, Patrick Diggins III, Arthur Francis, and Gregory J. Panuccio
Industry 3.9 Thermal Imaging Using the Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) 125
N. G. Simpson, S. F. Turner, and M. Bennett
Refractories
INNOREG: Going Beyond a Well-Known Solution for Thermal Regenerators 141
Stefan Postrach and Elias Carrillo
Advanced Post Mortem Study, From Digital Survey to Micro Scale Analysis 151
Emile Lopez, Jean-Gaël Vuillermet, Isabelle Cabodi and Michel Gaubil
Digitally Mapping the Future of Glass Furnaces with Lasers 157
Bryn Snow, Crawford Murton, Corey Foster, and Ulf Hermansson
SORG 340S+® Forehearths – Improvements and Operational Data 169
Rüdiger Nebel
Energy Recovery with a New Type of Tin Bath Cooler 177
Wolf Kuhn, Peter Molcan, and Stephane Guillon
Chemical Strengthening of Silicate Glasses: Dangerous and Beneficial Impurities 191
Vincenzo M. Sglavo
Environment
Operating Experience with the OPTIMELT¯TM Heat Recovery Technology on a Tableware Glass Furnace 201
M. van Valburg, F. Schuurmans, E. Sperry, S. Laux, R. Bell, A. Francis, S. Chakravarti and H. Kobayashi
Continuously Measuring CO and O2 to Optimize the Combustion Process 213
Lieke de Cock, Vincent van Liebergen, and Marco van Kersbergen
Mitigation Options for Respirable Crystalline Silica: Engineering Controls vs. Personal Protection 219
Kyle Billy
Future of Glass Melting in a World with Stringent Reductions of Carbon Dioxide 227
Stuart Hakes

S. K. SUNDARAM, Ph D, is an Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University. Before joining Alfred University, Dr. Sundaram was a chief materials scientist at the 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 then promoted to chief materials scientist in January 2002. Dr. Sundaram is internationally recognized for interdisciplinary research. He has made over 100 technical presentations, edited/contributed to twelve books, published over eighty peer-reviewed publications and technical reports, mentored/supported over forty-five students, and organized/co-organized several national and international symposia on advanced topics in materials science. He is also a co-inventor in three issued patents and two provisional patent applications.