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Water spray injection in coolers

03 June 2024, Published under Cement News

While water injection in coolers has been around for some time, the introduction of an innovative spraying system following an investigation using advanced analysis techniques helped one cement plant in France to cool its clinker more effectively. By Lechler GmbH, Germany Figure 1: a computational fluid dynamics analysis was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of water injection in achieving the required cooling performance © Lechler GmbH In th...

Right cooler at the right time

17 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Phoenix Cement’s plant in Beckum, Germany, has benefitted from a year’s worth of operational experience with thyssenkrupp’s new polytrack eco clinker cooler. The first installation of its kind, the cooler has proven to reduce energy consumption amidst a landscape of ballooning energy prices and fuel uncertainty. By thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, Germany Figure 1: clinker cooler housing and baseframe. The components reused in the conversion at the Phoenix Cement plant are shown ...