Plasma and electrical systems in glass manufacturing

Glass has an advantage over the majority of recyclable packaging materials as recycling is simply a case of reheating until molten, then reforming. In general there is no degradation in the quality of the final product as is the case with many recycled products. It produces very few by-products (besides those generated by the heat source). Glass is also a reusable packaging material, being easy to clean and sterilise for use as food and drink containers. This presentation is concerned with the use of electrical heating as a means of melting glass, or as a means of aiding the melting of glass in conventional fossil fuel melters