Glass melting furnace

A method for melting glass in a glass melting furnace, the furnace including

• a melt chamber configured to receive a glass melt which forms a glass melt top surface,
• at least one batch feeder configured to feed batch material into the melt chamber below a level of the glass melt top surface, the batch feeder arranged at a side wall, a back wall, or a bottom of the melt chamber,
• plural electrodes arranged in the melt chamber below the level of the glass melt top surface configured to heat the glass melt, the electrodes spaced apart from each other,
• the method comprising:
• mixing a batch to be conveyed into the melt chamber with a glass melt already present in the melt chamber;
• creating a flow in the glass melt with a horizontal and a vertical component of movement by the electrodes;
• creating a helical flow with an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the melt top surface by the electrodes;
• wherein a distance between an entry feeding cross section of the batch feeder and a first electrode of the electrodes is in a range between 0.5 m and 1.5 m in a top view,
• wherein a distance of the electrodes from the glass melt top surface decreases starting from an electrode with a largest distance from the glass melt top surface when moving along a flow direction of the glass melt.