EUBCE 2024 - Chuan MA - Sustainable Glass Industry with Fuel-Flexible Technology - The GIFFT Project

Sustainable Glass Industry with Fuel-Flexible Technology - The GIFFT Project

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Europe, a global leader in energy-intensive glass production with high CO2 emissions, seeks sustainable innovations. GIFFT aims to develop a hybrid, biofuel-flexible heat production technology for industrial glass manufacturing. It integrates plasma-assisted combustion and gasification to use biomass/waste and cheap renewable electricity for syngas production, advancing Europe’s bioenergy integration. GIFFT also creates a fuel-flexible gasifier and plasma-assisted burner for glass furnaces, enhancing feedstock diversity and technology efficiency while reducing costs and emissions. The project assesses techno-economic feasibility and environmental impact, promoting sustainability in biomass combustion, gasification, and bioenergy value chains.

C. MA, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
R. Mergner, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
R. Janssen, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
D. Rutz, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
N. Striugas, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas, LITHUANIA
R. Skvorcinskiene, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas, LITHUANIA
M. Seemann, Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola, Goteborg, SWEDEN
K. Andersson, Chalmers Tekniska Hoegskola, Goteborg, SWEDEN
S. Fendt, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, GERMANY
S. Bastek, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, GERMANY
A. Pazeraite, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, LITHUANIA
M. Rackauskas, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, LITHUANIA
R. Stancikiene, UAB Panevezio Stiklas, Panevezys, LITHUANIA
G. Petrauskas, UAB Panevezio Stiklas, Panevezys, LITHUANIA
P. Bingham, Sheffield Hallam University, Shefield, UNITED KINGDOM
H. Jones, Sheffield Hallam University, Shefield, UNITED KINGDOM
W. Schmidbauer, SCOTT, Mainz, GERMANY
B. Glocker, PlasmaAir, Weil der Stadt, GERMANY