Changeover of existing enterprises to the dry process of cement production. The case of OAO Ivano-Frankivsk-Cement reconstruction.

The article describes the experience of reconstruction of OAO Ivano-Frankivskcement with transfering from the wet process to the dry one. The chief constructor was OOO Institute YUZHGIPROTSEMENT. As a result of reconstruction the furnace capacity increased by 5 times with a two-fold reduction in the fuel consumption. The use of available equipment and infrastructure has reduced the investment almost four-fold, as compared with the costs required for greenfield construction projects.

Author: V.M. Pirogov, N.V. Makoviychuk, A.G. Demkiv, I.B. Dubas

Section: Equipment and technology

Keywords: upgrade, design, dryprocessing