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Ted Krapkat

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

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...

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