History of changes to: Briquetting of recycled glass fines for energy and CO2 reduction in the glass industry
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April 11, 2022, 1:48 a.m. Updated 35 {"title": ["", "Briquetting of recycled glass fines for energy and CO2 reduction in the glass industry"], "description": ["", "\nThe global glass manufacturing sector uses 140 - 220 Terawatt-hours of energy and emits 50-60 million tonnes of CO2 per\nyear. Manufacturing inefficiencies are such that, without intervention and increased product demand, global CO2\nemissions from glass making are forecast to increase by 20% by 2019. In the UK alone the glass industry produces over 3\nmillion tonnes of glass per year, using 4.5 Terawatt-hours of energy (1.4 Megawatt-hour per tonne of glass melted), and\nemits 2 million tonnes of CO2. The energy required for melting glass in a furnace accounts for 75% of the energy\nconsumption. Melting furnaces typically have 50-60% efficiency, however, the introduction of recycled glass (cullet)\nsignificantly reduces glass melting energy requirements and CO2 emissions. The availability of quality cullet is an industrywide\nchallenge - 20% is rejected every year and sent to landfill.\nWe are proposing a feasibility study for a novel briquetting process that will turn rejected cullet (fines) into valuable waste\nmaterial re-introduced into glass manufacture. The proposed technology has potential to (i) reduce the glass industry's CO2\nemissions by up to 8%; (ii) Secure the long term UK & global supply of cullet and (iii) reduce the industry's energy costs by\n4-8%. This application is for a lab based project utilising a test briquetting line, with laboratory scale glass melting and testing equipment. The project feasibility steps will be as follows: (1) exploration of the materials and binders required to\nachieve optimum speed and efficiency of glass raw materials melting in the furnace; (2) determining the physical, chemical\nand dimensional requirements of the briquettes for manufacturing and processing purposes, and how the briquetting line\nneeds to be designed to accommodate these; (3) lab scale glass melting trials to determine the effect of the briquettes in\nthe furnace; (4) characterisation and analysis of the resulting samples to understand the impact of the consolidated cullet\nand binding materials on the quality of glass produced vis-a-vis energy consumption; (5) energy and cost savings analysis\nto determine the environmental and cost implications of each briquette permutation; and (6) Dissemination of findings.\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nThis project will test the feasibility of developing a glass fines briquetting technology to turn waste material (rejected cullet\nfines) into a valuable raw material that can be successfully reintroduced into glass manufacture, to achieve significant\nreductions in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The tasks and outputs are listed below with pathways for\ndissemination:\n1. Optimum Composition of the Briquettes - Recycling Waste into Energy Efficient Raw Material: The partners will undertake\ntesting processes to assess the feasibility of briquetting of the waste cullet fines, to provide engineering and scientific\nbenchmarking for the new technology. A critical aspect of this will be to test various options for the composition and\ncharacterisation of the binding material to enhance physical and chemical properties of the resulting briquettes, and to\nenhance glass melting behaviour.\nOutcomes and Dissemination: The outputs of this process will feed directly into a set of technology recommendations for\nproduction and scale up of a prototype technology. The proven hypothesis will be used to inform this next stage, and to\neducate and engage the 10 major UK glass manufacturers in the latter stages of technology development. It is hoped that\nthe findings will enable us to secure strategic partnerships with 2-3 of these companies, to develop in-factory platforms for\nthe demonstrator technology, so the briquettes can be tested in-process across a range of glass quality compositions and\napplications. SHU will be responsible for publishing a minimum of 2 research papers from the materials composition and\ntesting process. These will be published and disseminated through academic and industrial publications, and at technology\nrelated events UK and internationally. The partners already have working relationships with the 4 market leading glass\nmanufacturers in Europe, and will commence discussions with each of them to educate and engage them in the proposed\ntechnology. As part of the feasibility exercise SHU will identify applications beyond the glass sector, to include ceramics,\nmetals and food manufacturing.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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