PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Sunday, October 31, 2021
6:00 p.m. GPC Advisory Board Dinner
SHORT COURSE
COLUMBUS HILTON DOWNTOWN HOTEL
Advanced Fundamentals of Batch and Furnace Operations
Monday, November 1, 2021 | 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM
Instructor: C. Philip Ross, President | Glass Industry Consulting International (GICI)
The course is an introduction to the principles of commercial glass production employed in Batch & Furnace operations by US Glass producers. Raw Materials, Glass Technology & Properties, Melting Furnaces, and Environmental Issues will all be touched upon. Suggested attendees could be vendors or newer individuals to glass manufacturing seeking an introduction to the issues faced in glass production.
Electrical Glass Melting – An Introduction *This course has been CANCELLED*
Monday, November 1, 2021 | 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM
Instructor: René Meuleman, Business Development Director and Corinne Claireaux, PhD, Glass Scientist, Academy Manager | CelSian
Electricity will play a major role in the ongoing energy transition to reduce CO2 emissions. Although electric melting of glass is an old technology, many aspects have to be considered to create an efficient system that is suitable for each specific glass production. This crash course focuses on supply and hardware, from the electrical grid down to the electrodes and beyond, to provide you with a pragmatic level of understanding of the whole system. We will start from the very basics of electrical energy to make sure that all who are interested can participate. The course will be a summary of our frequently running “Electric systems for glass melting training course” but we will still try to give you sufficient food for thoughts in case you are considering to install electrical furnace boosting systems or if you intend to potentially increase your electrical melting power.
As time will be limited, we will briefly discuss:
- Purpose of electrical boosting, from sustainability to flexibility
- Heat transfer to the glass: efficiency of electricity vs combustion
- Selecting the correct type of transformer
- Cables or busbar
- Electrode material, types, holder, and cooling systems
- Melting zone, barrier and throat boosting
- How to choose the proper electrical system for your specific application
- Transformers to the choice of the electrode current density and control system consideration
12:00 noon – 4:30 p.m. Student Plant Tour – Acuity Brands Glass Plant – Newark, Ohio
12:00 Noon to 5:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR AND HOST SET UP
5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. STUDENT MEETING
5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. HOSPITALITY SUITES
82nd GPC SESSIONS
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER
8:00 a.m. — 8:45 a.m. EXHIBITING
8:45 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS: PLENARY SESSION
Bob Lipetz, MBA, Conference Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
9:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: PLENARY
Session Chair: Bob Lipetz, MBA, Conference Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
9:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. United Nations International Year of Glass, Manoj Choudhary, Adjunct Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University/United Nations
9:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. With COVID an Ongoing Dilemma, Especially from a Manufacturing Standpoint, Elizabeth Nagel, Plant Engineering Manager, Corning Inc.
10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. Re-Balancing the Issue-Driven Sustainability Dialogue that is Hurting Glass. How We Got Here and What We Do About It, Randy Burns, O-I Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, O-I
10:30 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. BREAK & EXHIBITING
11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: REFRACTORY
Session Chairs: Larry McCloskey, Consultant, Anchor Hocking and Eric Dirlam, Director of Furnaces, Ardagh Group
11:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. Mullitisation – The Key to Regenerating Regenerators, Christopher Windle, Technical Director, DSF Refractories & Minerals, Ltd.
11:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Know What’s in Your Furnace: All Bonded AZS Refractory Brick Are Not the Same, J Terry Fisk, Senior Scientist/Owner, JTF Microscopy Services, LLC
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m. How Efficient Non-Destructive Control of FC AZS will Support High Quality Glass Melting, Darren Rogers, R&D Manager, SEFPRO
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. LUNCH
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. EXHIBITING
2:00 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: DATA, CHEMISTRY, ENERGY
Session Chairs: Justin Wang, Senior Process Engineer, Guardian Industries; Chris Tournour, Senior Glass Process Engineer, Corning Inc.
2:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Your New Problem Began Two Years Ago: Tracking Refractory Performance and Glass Infiltration Over Time with Data, Alexander Ruege, PhD, Chief Engineer, VP, Data Analysis and Reporting Division, PaneraTech, Inc. and Jon Wechsel, Technical Solutions Manager, PaneraTech, Inc.
2:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. Advanced Power Control Technologies for Electronically Powered Glass Furnaces, John Boomer, Industry Manager – AC Power Systems, Spang Power Electronics
3:00 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. Ultrafast Glass Engineering, S. K. Sundaram, PhD, Program Director, Alfred University
3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Electrical Glass Melting and Boosting Solutions of the Future Designed for Efficiency, Flexibility and Micro-Grid Capability, Mikael Le Guern, Global Business Development Manager for Glass, Schneider Electric
4:00 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. Heat Exchanger on Glass, Martin Schroeter, Product Manager, Tri-Mer Corporation
4:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. EXHIBITING
5:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. FREE TIME
7:30 p.m. — 11:00 p.m. HOSPITALITY SUITES
82ND GPC SESSIONS
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER
8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. EXHIBITING
9:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: PLENARY
Session Chair: Bob Lipetz, MBA, Conference Director, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council
9:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. Solving Quality Problems Associated with Pharmaceutical Glass Containers, Robert Schaut, Scientific Director, Corning, Inc.
9:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. Collaboration within Competitive Spaces, The Future of the Glass Industry, Aston Fuller, General Manager, Glass Futures, Ltd.
10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. The Green Story of Cardinal FG, Milo Renberg, Technical Manager, Cardinal FG
10:30 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: ENERGY/COMBUSTION
11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: ENERGY/COMBUSTION
Session Chairs: Glenn Neff, Vice President, Glass Service USA; Jan Schep, Melting Strategist Refractory and Steel, O-I
11:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. Hydrogen as Fuel for the Glass Industry, What are the Challenges?, Oscar Verheijen, Team Lead R&D Training, CelSian for the GPC Program
11:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery in an Oxyfuel Melter, Adam Polcyn, Manager S Research, Vitro Architectural Glass
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m. Carbon Reduction Strategies, Corrine Claireaux, PhD, Glass Scientist, Academy Manager CelSian and Andries Habraken, Team Lead Process Automation, CelSian
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. LUNCH
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. EXHIBITING
2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION: SENSORS/ENERGY
Session Chair: Glenn Neff, Vice President, Glass Service USA; Shrikar Chakravarti, Business Development Linde, Inc.
2:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Carbon Reduction Comparison Electric or Hydrogen Power, Erik Muijsenberg, Vice President, Glass Service, Inc.
2:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. All-Electric Melting Back to the Future, C. Phillip Ross, President, Glass Industry Consulting
3:00 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. Technical and Economic Investigation of Next Generation Fuels for Glass Melters, Shrikar Chakravarti, Business Development Linde, Inc.
3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. In-furnace Thermal Imaging Survey of a Float Furnace for Combustion Optimization, Philippe Kerbois, Global Industry Manager-Glass, Ametek Land and Neil Simpson, Independent Consultant to Ametek Land
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon HOST TEARDOWN
2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR TEAR DOWN
4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. GMIC MEMBER MEETING