Stara Glass has installed an oxy-fuel furnace at South Korean glass manufacturer SooSeok’s Dangjin glass plant.
Earlier this month, Stara Glass revealed it had successfully completed the furnace installation at SooSeok’s new production site in Dangjin, South Korea.
The 220 tpd furnace will produce amber glass containers for the pharmaceutical market.
Production will be obtained through oxy-combustion burners and a significant contribution of electricity distributed through a boosting system.
The construction of the new production plant created several objectives for SooSeok, such as the reduction of CO2 emissions, reduction in fuel consumption, and the introduction of new technologies for sustainable and high quality production.
This was the basis for its collaboration with Italian engineering company Stara Glass.
Stara Glass supplied the furnace, as well as engineering services and refractory materials, and supervised the construction and commissioning stages.
The design developed by Stara Glass included preparing the furnace to receive the upcoming technology SU.G.A.R.
If installed, the technology will allow the SooSeok furnace to self-produce hydrogen fuel.
This will be achieved through a steam reforming technique that will recover part of the exhaust gas to the chimney, consequently reducing energy consumption.
All the equipment supplied, from the raw material loading system, to the fuel distribution ramps, to the temperature, pressure and oxygen measurement instrumentation, comply with the plant’s regulations.
The process control system is based on advanced automation technology in terms of its controllers and supervision system (SCADA).
The system is based on redundant computers and is connected to a remote network that can provide all the necessary assistance and maintenance services.
