Charles H. Drummond, III, is a Professor at The Ohio State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbus, Ohio. He is a recipient of the Ohio Governor's Award for Emerging Technology; is the Director for the Annual Conference on Glass Problems; and is a recipient of The American Ceramic Society’s Cramer Award. His current research is concerned primarily with the structure and properties of amorphous solids or glasses. This includes bulk glasses of scientific and commercial interest and glasses present in crystalline materials. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1974.

• Foreword ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiMARKET TRENDSContainer Glass Update 3Rick BayerSAFETYSafety in Construction 15Laura GrayElimination of Heat Stress in the Glass Manufacturing Environment 27Pat PrideThe Gravity of Gravity--Safety's Number One Enemy 31Terry BergThe Legacy of Glass Research Activities by the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program 35Elliott P. Levine and Keith JamisonMODELINGApplication of Rigorous Model-Based Predictive Process Control in the Glass Industry 49O.S. Verheijen, O.M.G.C. Op den Camp, A.C.M. Backx, and L. HusimanUse and Application of Modeling and Their Reliability 55H.P.H. Muysenberg, J. Chmelar, and G. NeffENVIRONMENTAir Emission Requirements - Past, Present and Future 73C. Philip RossDry Sorbent Injection of Trona for SOx Mitigation 85John MaziukENERGYEnergy Balances of Glass Furnaces: Parameters Determining Energy Consumption of Glass Melt Process 103Ruud BeerkensLeone Industries: Experience with Cullet Filter/Preheater 117Larry Barrickman and Peter LeonePetroleum Coke Technology for Glass Melting Furnaces 127M.A. Olin, R. Cabrera, I. Solis, and R. ValadezCoal Gasification 139John BrownPreheating Devices for Future Glass Making -- A 2nd Generation Approach 149Ann-Katrin GlusingMELTING AND REFRACTORIESMelting and Refining Conditions in an all Electric Melter for Borosilicate Glass 167Matthias LindigRecent Developments in Submerged Combustion Melting 175David Rue, John Wagner, and Grigory AronchikNew Solutions for Checkers Working under Oxidizing and Reducing Conditions 183G. Heilemann, B. Schmalenbach, T. Weichert, S. Postrach, A. Lynker, and G. GelbmannER 2001 SLX: Very Low Exudation AZS Product for Glass Furnace Superstructure 195M. Gaubil, I. Cabodi, C. Morand, and B. EscaravageAuthor Index 203