Ted Krapkat
Posts: 537
Strapline: Registered User
Location: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Occupation: Plant Chemist, Cement Australia.
Posts
re Regarding specific heat consumption (Kcal/Kg of Clinker) of kiln if we use 100% Pet Coke with 1% residue on 90 micron in place of coal
Hello Rajuram, Generally speaking, the use of petcoke results in a higher specific heat consumption than coal. ...
re Clinker grinding with limestone
Hello Shastri, 100oC seems a bit low. Normally you should try to keep the mill outlet temperature at between...
re Drop of kiln feed rate
Hello BLM, I agree with Tushar that your AM is quite low and would normally contribute to a dusty kiln situatio...
re Fall in raw mill tph after addition of clay
Hello Ramesh, Higher clay levels tend to coat the balls and reduce grinding efficiency, especially if the clay ...
re Coating on Nose ring
Hello, Your hot meal analysis does not show a tendency towards buildups, so slabs falling into the kiln are pro...
re Na2O problem
Hello Silastman, It seems like a strange request. Most cement manufacturers try hard to maximise alkali sulphat...
re Na2O problem
Hello Silastman, Sodium is normally not easy to volatilise in the cement kiln. Most sodium salts are less volat...
re sulphur
Hello Khaled, I have not heard of a bio-degredation method of desulphurisation for petcoke. However, for other ...
re change clinker
Hello, The imported clinker is obviously harder to grind than your normal clinker. You may have to optimise the...
re bolder formation
Hello Santosh, Thank you for your information. Your clinker MgO content is certainly rather high, howeve...