Commercial Demonstration of an Economically Viable Advanced Oxy-Fuel Combustion Glass Melting Process to Decrease Natural Gas Consumption and Reduce NOx and CO2 Emissions
Advanced oxy-fuel combustion system for glass industry reducing use of natural gas by 25 percent.
Gallo Glass Company
Recipient
Modesto, CA
Recipient Location
4th
Senate District
22nd
Assembly District
Active
Project Status
Project Update
The project is delayed because of supply chain issues and inflation that made the budget challenging with the tasks planned. Gallo Glass is working to secure additional funding and develop an alternative plan that will require fewer resources.
The Issue
Nitrogen constitutes almost 80 percent of air used for combustion. It is inert and does not participate in combustion but is heated and rejected to the atmosphere with the flue gases adding to energy losses. Increasing the oxygen content of the air used for combustion improves the efficiency of the heating process.
Project Innovation
The purpose of the project is to demonstrate an economically viable advanced oxygen-enriched combustion system (Advanced Oxy-Fuel Combustion Glass Melting System (AOGM)) at Gallo Glass Company (Gallo Glass), a glass manufacturer in the California industrial sector. Gallo Glass will partner with Linde, which will provide the proposed technology, measure the performance, and transfer the demonstrated technology to the broader glass market.
Project Benefits
This project will result in ratepayer benefit of reduced gas consumption of approximately 25 percent, directly leading to lower utility costs. A 25 percent reduction in oxygen requirements as a result of this project will also lower electricity consumed in oxygen production by ~140 kW, resulting in lower electricity costs.
This project will demonstrate the technology at a major gas user that will reduce carbon emissions from gas sources, helping to achieve Assembly Bill 32's goals of 40 percent lower carbon dioxide generation from 1990 levels by 2030.
Affordability
Advanced combustion technology is anticipated to decrease gas consumption on the installed glass furnace by 25 percent.
Environmental Sustainability
Advanced combustion technology is anticipated to reduce nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide emissions from combustion by 25 percent, as compared with the state of the art oxy-fuel combustion process currently used for glass melting.
Subrecipients
Linde, Inc.
PLC Programming
Match Partners
Gallo Glass Company
