Sustainable Glass and Ceramics

The lecture "Sustainable Glass and Ceramics" offers a comprehensive overview of the sustainable development and application of glass and ceramic materials. It addresses ecological and economic aspects throughout the entire life cycle – from raw material extraction and processing to energy-efficient manufacturing and processing methods and strategies for reuse and recycling. In addition to the technological fundamentals, current research approaches and innovative concepts that contribute to reducing emissions and resource consumption are teached.

 

Particular emphasis is placed on the following teaching content:

·      introduction, literature, scope of the lecture, 21st century key technologies, Paris Climate Convention, European Climate Law, metrics of GHG emissions, circular economy concept

·      use case glass and ceramic industry, facts and figures, core products, roadmaps of sustainable processing of lime, glass and ceramics 

·      introduction to Life Cycle Assessment, LCA case study sanitary ware ceramic industry, LCA phase definitions, LCA results

·      fundamentals of ceramic processing, classification of ceramics, structure and properties of ceramics, general characteristics of ceramics

·      silica polymorphs and properties, clay minerals and properties, oxide ceramics and properties, non-oxide ceramics and properties

·      fundamentals of glass processing, definition of the glassy state, ranges of order, classification of glass materials

·      ceramic and glass resources and consumption, ceramic raw materials, glass raw materials, access to raw materials, critical glass and ceramic raw materials

·      material and energy efficiency, definition of material efficiency, policies, strategies and measuring principles, definition of energy efficiency, policies, measuring principles, industrial technology roadmap

·      principles of sustainable ceramic processing, process flow and stages of circular economy, raw materials processing, shaping, glazing, engobing, drying, sintering, post treatment

·      case studies of sustainable processing of ceramics, building and utility ceramics, advanced ceramics, decarbonization technologies of ceramic industry, pathway analysis

·      principles of sustainable processing of glass, process flow and stages of circular economy, raw material processing, melting techniques and furnace design, techniques of emissions control

·      case studies of sustainable processing of glass, container glass, flat glass, glass fibre, domestic glass ,special glass, mineral wool, glass frits manufacturing

 

[Self-registration for the lecture is done using the ID #SGC2025_26#]