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Ted Krapkat

Registered User Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. Plant Chemist, Cement Australia.

Re: Fly Ash Mix with Raw Meal

Hello Bandari, Adding flyash to the raw meal is reasonably common. Using flyash is usually a way of overcoming a ra...

Re: Use of TDF with steel wires and problems of kiln operation associated with it

Hello Asim, You can research potential suppliers by doing a Google search or posting a message on the Cement Tradin...

Re: Use of TDF with steel wires and problems of kiln operation associated with it

Hello Asim, Most commercially available tyre "shredders" suitable for the Cement Industry are really tyre chippers ...

Re: Raw meal to clinker ratio

Hello Sheikh, Does your conditioning tower dust also go into the kiln feed silo? If not, then instead of using the...

Re: Brown Core

Hello Sheikh, What you propose may work because, as long as your main burner is operating efficiently,  there are t...

Re: Kiln Shell is Wet

M.Azhar: Mr Ted.. this Feric chloride can have any effect on the shell?    Hello Azhar, Yes, since FeC...

Re: Brown Core

Hello Sheikh, Soft brown cores are formed by buildups falling from the pre-calciner/preheater and passing through t...

Re: Kiln Shell is Wet

Hi Shafi, With such a high chloride level in the kiln feed, the liquid is likely to be a concentrated solution of f...

Re: Yellow fumes

Yellow (or orange) fumes indicate an excessive amount of NOx coming out of your stack. This indicates a very hot mai...

Re: High fuel consumption

Hello Asim,  The Ash content and energy values for the 1:1 blend do not match a 1:1 weighted average of the SA coal...

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