Cement News tagged under: Manufacturing technology
Making more of hotmeal14 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsReferences to hotmeal are common in cement plants and the concept is relatively simple – hotmeal is the kiln feed after drying and before clinkering. There is a considerable amount of information available from hotmeal which is not always collected and used. Therefore, this article takes a closer look at the useful findings that may help to steer the cement production process in the right direction. In the hotmeal a preformed cluster around belite is difficult to combine Hotmeal... |
Scanning to keep ahead30 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsIn most industries, maintaining a high profit level is synonymous with maintaining equipment efficiency and long-term reliability. This is particularly true for cement companies, as any shutdown induces high costs. To increase production rates, reduce operating costs, improve the burning process, and save energy, it pays to give particular attention to the selection of the kiln monitoring system. By Gildas Chauvel, HGH Infrared Systems, France. Figure 1: the high spatial resolution of... |
Limestone as MAC16 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe addition of small amounts of limestone in Portland cement has been practiced since the early 1980s. The inclusion of limestone as a minor additional constituent (MAC) offers economic and technical benefits to the cement producer. However, despite its wide acceptance, some debate remains over the effects of limestone on the concrete ultimately produced by the cement. The addition of limestone as a minor additional constituent offers economic and technical benefits Since the... |
Chinese co-processing21 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsWhile co-processing in the cement industry has only recently been introduced to China, several initiatives are already well underway to spread the practice to more cement producers to reduce landfill sites and curb GHG emissions. Phase one of the Sino-Norwegian project to pilot waste studies and co-processing in cement kilns has successfully been achieved and now the goal is to prepare a nationwide programme for co-processing in the cement industry. By Yan Da-Hai1, KH Karstensen2, Peng Zheng... |
Lowering NOx and SO219 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThere are several options for reducing NOx and SO2 in the cement pyroprocess. However, the solution selected must be both cost-effective and flexible in terms of raw materials, fuels and operating conditions. Making the correct choice requires the necessary process know-how and advanced technical solutions to handle NOx and SO2 emissions at all levels. FLSmidth is one of the few companies to offer both. Lars Schultz explains. Dialogue between FLSmidth specialist and customer, SNCR inj... |
Reliable performer03 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsCompared with conventional solutions, a new drive concept with asynchronous squirrel-cage motors at the Lafarge Cement plant near Pécs, Hungary, boasts minimum service and maintenance costs. And if that was not enough, higher efficiency is also helping improve the bottom line. By Alf Banse, Siemens, Germany and Jozsfe Janovits, Lafarge Cement Hungary. The substitution of the drive system has had no negative impact on the grinding process at Lafarge Cement near Pécs, Hungary N... |
MPS: more than meets the eye19 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsVertical roller mills are not only used for grinding cement raw materials but also find an application in grinding a wide variety of coal types in cement and power plants. Gebr Pfeiffer SE (GPSE) describes its vertical roller mills for coal grinding and provides a case study of an MPS225BK installed at CBR’s Lixhe cement works in Belgium. By Dr Caroline Woywadt and Rüdiger Sonnen, Gebr Pfeiffer SE, Germany. Figure 1: MPS coal grinding mill with SLS high-efficiency classifier ... |
Increasing the momentum22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsA TEC GRECO’s Flexiflame burners facilitate the control of the flame geometry in the kiln. Further burner optimisation has brought the benefits of a reduced NOx generation as well as ensuring better combustion of petcoke and solid alternative fuels. A TEC GRECO explains. The arrangement of the primary air outflow as individual jets has a very favourable effect on the combustion, as it assures rapid mixing of the hot secondary air into the flame The FlexiflameTM burner is the... |
Free lime reduction08 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe occurrence of high free lime can result in poor clinker quality and inefficient burning. Chemical variance in the raw materials and changes to the burning conditions can also upset the kiln balance, which can lead to other problems such as the formation of snowballs. So what are the main factors that will help to reduce high free lime? Figure 1: cluster of early-formed C2S crystals (field of width 750µm) As in most walks of life, cement manufacturing has developed a degre... |
Elevating service life26 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe modernisation of Lafarge’s Wössingen plant in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, included improvements on the existing belt bucket elevator to the raw mill. The intralogistics specialist Beumer was awarded a contract to supply its heavy-duty bucket elevators which offer increased conveying capacity and longer service life. Thanks to this new technology, the existing bucket elevator could be easily altered. German-based Beumer Group takes us through the project. Lafarge’s Wössingen plant,... |