Melting Furnace, 1,600 °C
Make architectural glass and mineral wool insulation on sunlight. The furnace melts and forms glass, mineral wool and remelt at 1,400 to 1,650 degrees Celsius.
1,152Tonnes of rolled architectural glass a year
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended
Glass, Wool and Remelt
- Rolled architectural glass
1,152 tonnes a year, produced for $113.02 per tonne against a conventional price of $280 to $350 - Mineral wool
1,056 tonnes a year of insulation, produced for $73.56 per tonne against a conventional price of $200 to $280 - Remelted metal
Clean scrap returned to stock
Specification
| Rated input | 850 kilowatts |
| Materials | Off the shelf components |
| Temperature | 1,400 to 1,650 degrees Celsius |
| Energy capture | 100% of array output |
| Intensity | 1.40 to 1.50 megawatt-hours per tonne |
| Accepts | Silica sand, soda ash, limestone, cullet, basalt, slag, metal scrap |
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