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	2009 Summer Institute Timing is everything in improving energy efficiency. Anytime a manufacturing plant makes capital improvements there is an opportunity to achieve energy efficiency while improving the project's return on investment, and reducing the plant's environmental footprint. The 2009 ACEEE Summer Study was the 9th biennial ACEEE conference on Energy Efficiency in Industry. Participants from around the world gathered for three days to discuss technical, policy, financing, and program issues related to increasing energy efficiency in industry. Presentations and discussions related to the theme, Timing is Everything: Moving Investment Decisions to Energy-Efficient Solutions. Attendees included energy decision makers from industry, equipment manufacturers, government policymakers, electric and gas utility staff, energy consultants, leading industrial energy researchers, and academics. The 2009 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry CD offers opportunities to learn about approaches to securing your boss's support for energy efficiency, financing mechanisms to pay for your project, regulatory aspects affecting energy efficiency projects, commercially-available technologies that work, and emerging technologies likely destined to be the next big thing Several awards for “Champions of Energy Efficiency in Industry” were presented to worthy recipients. The glass industry was well represented with Bryce Butler, Engineering Manager at Steuben Glass in Corning, NY, receiving the “Save Energy Now Award” for consistent improvements in energy efficiency resulting from an Energy Assessment’s recommendations. Another recipient, Thomas Casten, Chairman of “Recycled Energy Development”, spoke eloquently about the importance of “Why We Must Use Energy Twice” – by recycling otherwise wasted industrial energy. To purchase a CD of these proceedings click here Workshops GMIC Energy Efficiency Committee Paths To Sustainability - The Search for Energy Efficiency - October 18, 2007 following the Glass Problems Conference - Columbus, Ohio. To order the CD with presentations and abstracts click here Our Presenters: Energy Efficiency of Glass Furnaces and Application of Batch & Cullet Preheating - Ruud Beerkens, TNO Science & Industry Intelligent Glass Melting Concept (IGMC) - Fiction or Reality? - Josef Chmelar, Glass Service Inc., Vsetin, Czech Republic; Erik Muijsenberg, Glass Service B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands; Glenn Neff, Glass Service USA, Inc., Stuart, USA Economic & Environmentally Advantageous Glass Batches Formulated with Spodumene - Dagobert Thiery, Olivier Dubois, Anand Sheth, Derek J McCracken Heat Recovery Examples at SISECAM - Levent Kaya, Sisecam, Istanbul,Turkey Heat Recovery on a Float Furnace - Niels A. Rozendaal - OPTIMUM Environmetal & Energy Technologies b.v. Visual Intelligent 3-D Temperature Analysis System - Dr. Rodney Rossow and Dr. Shahla Keyvan - Enterprise Energy & Research Energy, Sustainability and the Glass Industry - Dan Wishnick, John Salkas, Siemens Energy & Automation To review abstracts from the workshop click here Presentations The Energy and Education Sub-Committee held a seminar on "Energy Best Practices" prior to the Glass Problems Conference on Monday, October 24, 2005. Click on the link to view each of the 6 presentations. Articles Oxygen-Fuel "Gas-fired Solutions for Tin Baths As leading source for industrial process heating solutions, Eclipse is offering an extensive array of burners and systems for the glass industry. Read more...... The following articles are courtesy of dmg world media and were published in *Glass International. Combustion Efficiency "Gas for Glass - a New Approach" When Pilkington's German plant needed to increase flat glass production, the company undertook a review of its on-site gas generation system. Gavin Whitlock explains how an outsourced management and maintenance system was found. Read more...* "Development of a High Luminosity Flat Flame Burner" Val Smirnov and Chet Allen demonstrate how the design of a high luminosity burner can significantly reduce fuel consumption and NOx emissions. Read more... "DeNOx Oil and Gas Burners" Andreas Birle describes how growing requirements for energy saving, NOx reduction and productivity in the glass melting process have encouraged the development of a new generation of DeNOx burners for heavy oil as well as for natural gas. Read more... "Combustion Under Control" This article explains how a single premix unit feeding different burners can improve combustion efficiency. Read more... "Forehearth Control for Electric Glassmaking" Controlling resistance very quickly, coupled with changes in furnace design and operation can lead to improvements in operation and efficiency, explains George A. Sites. Read more... Melting Technology "Conference Examines Highly Efficient Melting Methods" Glassmakers from 17 different countries attended the 13th Czech conference on glass melting. Read More... "The Challenge of Conventional Furnace Design" Dr. Matthias Lindig examines the feasibility of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the glass industry, in line with European Union objectives. Read more... "EB Glass Melting Electrodes" This article explains the use of recycled molybdenum for the manufacture of electron beam glass melting electrodes. Read more... "A System for Optimal Glass Furnace Control" Josef Muller, Robert Bodi and Frantisek Matustik describe the advantages of using advanced control to achieve high-quality glass production. Read more... "Barrier Walls: A New Approach" Stuart Hakes advocates the use of water-cooled bubblers for container furnaces. Read more... Other Articles "Reformulation of Container Glasses for Environmental Benefit Through Lower Melting Temperatures" - Glass Technology, February 2005 (from the Society of Glass Technology; www.sgt.org) Read more... Alternative Fuels "Industrial Gasification Types and Peripherals" - clean coal gasification "Synfuel" is one of the possible alternatives to natural gas that the GMIC is exploring as a means to lower melting costs for the glass industry. This presentation describes a number of the technologies currently in use or under development. Links Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Energy-Related Training Programs In an arrangement with the GMIC, the AEE is offering a wide range of energy-related training programs at special rates for GMIC members. Three types of seminars are available. Please visit http://www.aeecenter.org/seminars/gmic/ for more details about the programs and to register. U.S. Department of Energy Energy Matters Newsletter - Your resource for energy efficiency tips, techniques and strategies. This free U.S. Department of Energy newsletter informs industrial end users of energy-efficiency opportunities, technical issues, new products and services, and training opportunities related to energy-intensive industrial systems. BestPractices Training Sessions - Helping you to run your plant more efficiently. These training programs, offered throughout the year and around the country, offer system-wide and component-specific courses. Energy Management CitiCapital - Financing for Energy-Related Equipment and Projects. The CitiCapital Energy Team offers resources to structure a cost-neutral or cash flow positive project for end-users. © 2009 GMIC	Articles Links Alternative Fuels Click on title to review presentation Why We Must Use Energy Twice Remarks on acceptance of 2009 Energy Efficiency Champion Award Energy Thomas R. Casten Chairman Recycled Energy Development, LLC July 29, 2009 "Forehearths Profit from Oxygen-fuel Combustion" Oxygen-fuel fired forehearths are quickly becoming a proven technology and are increasingly being accepted as a safe, reliable and efficient method for controlling the energy input in glass fibre forehearth operations Kevin Cook - Eclipse reports. Read more...... "Tall Crown Furnace Technology for Oxy-Fuel Firing" An advanced oxy-fuel fired furnace design has been proven to extend the life of silica crowns while achieving high fuel efficiency and low NOx and particulate emissions. H. Kobayashi, K.T. Wu, G.B. Tuson, F. Dumoulin and H.P. Kiewall show us how. Read more... "Oxygen Technologies for Recovery and Boosting of Glass Furnaces" Neil G. Simpson examines the options available for increasing furnace capacity to cope with changes in product demand. Read more... "A Fully Automatic Screening Apparatus" Glass screening apparatus for the automatic glass melt of small quantities. Read more... Alternative Fuels "Ohio Coal Development Office" - This office seeks "to maintain Ohio's competitive edge by developing and deploying technologies that can use coal economically, within environmental limits, while maintaining reasonable electricity costs and sustaining the jobs associated with coal's production and use." They spoke recently to glass industry representatives about efforts in Ohio to develop and support coal gasification technologies. See the presentation.