XeBoost and SEFPRO Guard: a powerful alliance for decarbonisation.

Reducing the carbon footprint of the inherently energy-intensive glass making process is a major challenge. It will require a progressive technology transition, starting from incremental improvements of existing technologies, and heading towards groundbreaking innovation in the long term.

Hybrid & Electrical furnace technologies are progressively being adopted as the first step along this journey toward decarbonation. Nevertheless, these new technologies bring many technical challenges, refractories behaviour and corrosion in the melting zone being among the most critical ones.

In the first part, this presentation will address the improvement of corrosion resistance through XeBOOST™ material installation in the most critical areas. Then, the benefits of SEFPRO GUARD® monitoring system to assess the corrosion profiles of refractory blocks and to correlate them to furnace operating conditions will be highlighted. Finally, the benefits of combining new SEFPRO materials with advanced monitoring technologies will be illustrated through a complete solution approach.