Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the heat involved in the glass-melting process. The chapter illustrates an example of the application of thermodynamic data to a complex technical process, that is, the industrial melting of glass. The glass-melting process starts from a granular mixture of natural and synthetic raw materials and yields a thermally and chemically homogeneous melt made available at a well-defined temperature level. The chapter illustrates how a continuously working glass-melting furnace functions in principle. In general terms, a heat balance of the glass-melting process has been illustrated in the chapter. It consists of the amounts of heat related to the flow of matter led through the combustion space, amounts of heat related to the flow of matter led through the melting basin, and heat losses through the boundaries of the system.
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