Versatile AF burning
The KHD PYROROTOR
® is a rotary combustion reactor that processes waste materials with inferior burning properties as alternative fuels in the cement production process. With seven industry installations to date, the versatile reactor for high thermal substitution rates (TSRs) enables the complete burn-out of any fuel and the usage of almost all types of unprepared waste materials. By Matthias Mersmann and Sven Schmitgen, KHD Humboldt Wedag, Germany.
Figure 1: overview of KHD Humboldt Wedag’s PYROROTOR
®
Burning waste-derived fuel (WDF) has been carried out for seven decades in central Europe and has now developed into a specific field of competency in the cement industry on the back of massively increased knowledge and experience. Using a wide range of different wastes to produce a variety of WDFs has grown in popularity, triggered by several enabling and driving factors within the ecosystems of regional markets.
The industryâs response to the decarbonisation challenge
Dr Michael Clark discusses the cement sector’s response and strategies in terms of the large-scale challenges involved with decarbonisation.
LafargeHolcim’s Richmond plant in Canada, where it launched Project CO
2MENT
In last month’s Technical Forum we discussed the new CemNet online training material regarding the decarbonisation of cement manufacturing. This month we will turn our attention to the industry’s response to that challenge.
There is no doubt that the world’s major cement manufacturers understand the imperative to reduce their CO
2 emissions. As long ago as 1999 the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) was formed by a group of leading cement companies. The CSI – which has been superceded by the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) – is a voluntary and continuous initiative to make the cement industry more sustainable. Members identified key priorities such as reducing CO
The European kraft paper and paper sack industry has put further efforts into improving its carbon footprint. The latest carbon impact analysis on Euro.
Vicatâs SeRaMCo contribution
Published 27 April 2021
France-based multinational Vicat group has been contributing to the European SeRaMCo (Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products) project, aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the construction sector by finding beneficial uses for inert waste from demolition sites. The company has been undertaking industrial trials to incorporate fines derived from demolition concrete as a raw material for cement production – an initiative that forms one aspect of Vicat’s circular economy drive. By Laury Barnes-Davin, Arnaud Delhay, Breffni Bolze and Valentin Costa, Vicat SA, France.
Figure 1: Vicat has been undertaking industrial clinker production trials using
FLSmidthâs smart moves
Published 26 April 2021
With the launch of ECS/ProcessExpert
® V8.5, FLSmidth brings artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to advanced process control. But what exactly does this mean for cement producers? Javier Pigazo Merino, FLSmidth global product line manager, provides the low-down on the new process control software and the importance of AI to the future of industrial digitalisation. By FLSmidth, Denmark.
FLSmidth: enabling AI solutions for smarter cement plants
FLSmidth recently released the next version of its flagship advanced process control (APC) software, ECS/ProcessExpert (PXP) V8.5. What’s new?
We are introducing some exciting new cognitive technologies and functions in PXP V8.5 that contribute to the development of the Smart Factory concept in the cement and mining industries and support the drive to greater sustainability.