Michael Greenman

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HotbelsLexington, KY9 April 2008Moving Towards
Sustainabilityin Challenging Times

• Michael Greenman
• Executive Director
• John Brown
• Technical Director

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Outline

• GMIC Origins
• Membership
• Activities to Date
• Changes in Current Environment
• Evolving Programs

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GMIC Origins

• 1995 Sector Associations
• GPI, PGMC, NAIMA, Product-related
• DOE Strategic Objective
• Reduce Energy Intensity
• Work with Industry IOF
• Glass Needed Industry-Wide Convener
• GMIC was created
• Developed Vision, Roadmap
• Research Portfolio

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Membership

• Four Glass Categories (20) (2007 International)
• Container
• Flat Glass
• Fiberglass (Insulation and Textile)
• Specialty
• Associate Members (21)
• University (11)
• Affiliate (13)
• Individuals, Consultants, Small Research Groups

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Activities to Date

• Bi-Annual Research Solicitation
• Annual DOE/GMIC Project Reviews
• Technical Promotional Documents
• Conferences, Training, and Workshops
• Assessments Cost-Shared Save Energy Now
• Committee Work
• Energy Efficiency
• Production Efficiency
• Innovative Uses
• Environment, Health and Safety

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Current DOE Projects

• Submerged Combustion Melter
• Low Capital Cost
• (-60)
• Low Footprint
• (6-8 X Pull Rate for equivalent area)
• High Efficiency, Low Emissions
• (20 more efficient)
• New products, markets, business models
• IMM first commercial Application
• Water Glass
• Refining project

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Submerged Combustion Melter
1- Batch charger 2- Refractory lining 3-
Water cooled panels 4- Melting zone 5-
Exhaust 6- Melt outlet 7- Submerged oxygas
burners 8- Batch material (sloped pocket of
batch)
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SCM Pilot Model
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Changes in Current Environment

• DOE Budgets down (Glass 0)
• Save Energy Now Leader
• Move to Self-sufficiency
• Self-contracted, funded research
• RDAC (Research Development Alliance Cttee)
• 22 May Member Meeting - Tucson
• Strengthen committees
• Safety
• Education
• Work with other agencies
• EPA (Energy Star) DOC State Agencies

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Changes (Cont.)

• Open membership to global companies
• Increase collaboration between Associations
• Meetings Energy, Carbon Constraints, Waste Heat
• Glassman America 2008 Latin American mbrs.
• Low Calcium Refractory Corning Patent
• Utah Refractories Soliciting orders

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Low- Calcium Silica Refractory
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Changes (Cont.)

• Reduce costs through alternative fuels
• Coal Gasification Landfill Gas

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Calderon Pilot Gasifier
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Changes (Cont.)

• Recycling
• Task Force forming
• Strength of Glass
• 1/200 of theoretical strength
• Importance to containers

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Breaking Stresses of Annealed Glass, Short-time
Flexure Tests in Air

• Condition of Glass lb/Square Inch
• Surfaces ground and sandblasted 1,500 4,000
• Pressed Articles 3,000 8,000
• Blown Ware
• Hot Iron Molds 4,000 9,000
• Paste Molds 5,000 10,000
• Inner Surfaces 15,000 40,000
• Drawn tubing or rod 6,000 15,000
• Window Glass 8,000 20,000
• LCD (0.65 mm) 45,000
• Annealed fibers
• Annealed 10,000 40,000
• Freshly drawn 30,000 400,000
• Telecommunications Fiber gt100,000

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Commercial Glass Normal MOR
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Changes (Cont.)

• Strength of Glass
• 1/200 of theoretical strength
• Importance to containers
• To date stimulate activities within Companies,
  Universities
• GOMD 21 May Tucson Strength and Energy
• 2009 Vancouver Trifecta
• ICG Pac Rim GOMD Meetings
• Software Modeling
• Argonne
• John Brown Energy Balance

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Macro Energy Balances
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Macro Energy Balance
Energy Lost to Structure by Difference
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Additional Focus Areas

• Strategic Direction for Industry
• Survey of Industry Priorities
• Benchmarking Study
• Solar Energy Exponential Growth Predicted
• 2006 2 GW 2010 6-14 (20?)
• German Solarwirtschaft 2110 nearly all energy
  solar
• Association Alliance Possibilities

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Additional Focus Areas

• Senior Management Involvement
• Sustainability and Resilience
• Carbon constraints - what is in the best
  interests of our industry?
• Recycling - All sectors need - how increase?
• Professional employment in glass industry -
  urgency and need to support
• Strength of glass - implications to each sector
• Alternative fuels - how can our industry leverage
  our natural gas needs into a desirable price
  position?
• Globalization of the business world and industry
• Web Page
• Energy Impact on Society

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Additional Focus Areas

• Roadmap Development Technical Strategic
• AMMEX
• Re-build relationship with DOE
• Technology Transfer
• Art-Science
• Image

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• www.gmic.org
• 614-818-9423