PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN GLASS

摘要

A method of producing glass includes feeding glass batch into a melting furnace near one end of the furnace, heating the furnace to melt the glass batch, impinging the surface of the molten glass with a flame of high energy heat from at least one oxy-fuel burner, and withdrawing molten glass near the other end of the furnace. The flame creates a localized hot spot on the surface of the molten glass and impinges the surface of the molten glass essentially across the width of the furnace transverse to the flow of molten glass in the furnace.