FLSmidth has developed a unique dual pyroprocessing system allowing the LSR Group cement plant, situated in Slantsy, Leningrad Region, to utilise up to 50 % limestone, which is a by-product of oil shale enrichment at the local plant. Using innovative technology, the...
Online performance monitoring requires an information infrastructure capable of receiving data in real time from multiple parameter control systems, and support the sorting of information about the equipment as a scalable structure. This structure must handle multiple p...
In April 2012, Belim Makina completed the installation of a new burning line of 3000 t/d capacity at the Bartın Çimento cement plant in Turkey. After one month of operation in the complete production cycle a 48-hour test run was staged, and all the parameters ...
A new technical solution offered by German Thorwesten Vent to prevent a possible explosion in the coal grinding unit of a cement plant in Gabon is described.
Rip&Load technology of the international company Caterpillar is described, which allows to rip and excavate strong rock without blasting, and the hydraulic excavator CAT-390DL used for the purpose as the primary mining machine. The advantages of this technology implemen...
The factors that influence NOx emissions when various fuels are burned in cement rotary kilns are described, including alternative fuels. The performance of FLEXIFLAME® burner from GRECO Combustion Systems, Brazil, characterized by low NOx emissions, is analyzed.
A history of the development of the Novaflam® burner by the French company Fives Pillard is described, together with the approaches used in the design, the design of the burner and its benefits, in particular those related to burning of alternative fuels. Due to a high ...
The issues of using refractory materials from Höganäs Bjuf AB (Sweden) and lining equipment from Bricking Solutions (USA) at the Novo-Spassky cement plant of OAO Spassk-Cement in 2011—2013 are discussed. The example of Production Line 1 shows t...
The operation of a continuous X-ray diffraction analysis real-time system at the cement plant of Buzzi Unicem in Festus (MO), United States, is examined. Information on the issues addressed with the help of this system is offered.
The «fate» of iron during the hydration of cement is investigated by thermodynamic calculations and compared to the results of an experimental study using an OPC and a ferrite-rich HS cement.
