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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Dale Madard Fisher, Jr., Painted Post, NY (US);
Guido Peters, Bath, NY (US);
Matthew John Towner, Campbell, NY (US);
Piotr Janusz Wesolowski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Dale Madard Fisher, Jr., Painted Post, NY (US);
Guido Peters, Bath, NY (US);
Matthew John Towner, Campbell, NY (US);
Piotr Janusz Wesolowski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A glass melting furnace is operated under a set of control parameters. A glass batch is fed into the glass melting furnace and melted into molten glass. During the melting, a surface layer comprising a portion of the glass batch and foam forms over the molten glass. A plurality of thermograms of the interior of the glass melting furnace is obtained. The thermograms are analyzed to determine whether there is instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer. The set of control parameters are then adjusted to reduce a determined instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer.