GLASS MELTING PROCESS WITH VERY LOW TO ZERO-CO2 EMISSION

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A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace having at least one melting tank with electrical heating means, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating means, a neck separating melting tank and fining tank, an inlet located at the melting tank and an outlet located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials including raw materials and cullet in the melting tank, the amount of cullet being at least 10% in weight of the total amount of vitrifiable materials; (iii) cullet pre-heating; (iv) melting the vitrifiable materials in the melting tank by heating with the electrical heating means; (v) fining melt in the fining tank by heating with the oxy-combustion heating means; (vi) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone through the outlet; and (vii) capturing CO2 from flue gas.

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AGC GLASS EUROPE1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE

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BIOUL, François Thorembais-Saint-Trond, BE 5 0
BOURGEOIS, Nicolas Gosselies, BE 7 8
FASILOW, Fabrice Gosselies, BE 5 0
HABIBI, Zakaria Braine l'Alleud, BE 7 1
SYMOENS, Bruno Sombreffe, BE 8 50

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