Thermal Substitution Rates Up To 100% Are Technically Possible And Are Being Achieved At Some European Plants. But Not In The U.S. Cement Optimized Spoke To Rick Bohan And Sean O’neill Of The Portland Cement Association About The Current State Of Alternative Fuels And What’s Being Done To Accelerate Their Adoption. By Jonathan Rowland
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Cement Optimized Spoke To Tom Tietz Of The California Nevada Cement Association About Efforts To Meet The Golden State’s Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals. By Jonathan Rowland
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The Cement Laboratory Is A Crucial Source Of Data. Collecting And Managing That Data Are Vital Tasks Supporting A Plant’s Industry 4.0 Journey, As Flsmidth Cement’s Jens Asbjørn Pedersen Explained To Cement Products.By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreWhen It Comes To The Sustainability Of Cement Production, Refractories Have A Broad And Essential Role To Play, As Experts From Calderys Group, Including Hwi, And Refratechnik Told Cement Products. Since the early days of cement production, the industry has worked to reduce its specific energy consumption. This has changed the landscape of the cement plant as “today’s preheater-precalciner kilns…
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Electrification Is Increasingly Being Mentioned In Discussions Around The Decarbonization Of Cement. By Jonathan Rowland Electrification of process heat is still very much in the nascent stages of development in the cement industry. It’s not without interest, however. According to the experts at the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA), electrification of cement production “appears promising.” Researchers Sebastian Quevedo Parra and…
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A Calgary-Based Company Is Turning CO2 Emissions And Industrial Byproducts Into High-Quality Supplementary Cementitious Materials. by Jonathan Rowland Carbon capture is recognized as a key element in most pathways to a decarbonized cement industry. As the Portland Cement Association (PCA) noted in its 2021 Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) “directly avoids a significant portion of…
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The Availability Of High-Quality Alternative Fuels Is A Key Barrier To The Widespread Adoption Of Alternative Fuels In The Cement Industry. However, There Are Now A Number Of Solutions On The Market That Allow The Use Of Coarse And Low-Quality Materials, Without The Traditional Preparation Requirements. by Jonathan Rowland The use of alternative fuels (AF) is widely promoted within the…
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As The Use Of Alternative Fuels Grows, So Too The Challenges They Pose To Equipment And Process. by Jonathan Rowland Fossil fuels are often maligned for their carbon emissions. Yet they are not the world’s most successful energy source without reason. Fossil fuels pack a punch when it comes to calorific value and offer consistent chemical composition, moisture content and…
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Alternative Fuels Are Not Without Their Controversies And Challenges, Both In The United States And European Union. By Jonathan Rowland Cement Products spoke to the European cement association (CEMBUREAU) and the Portland Cement Association (PCA) about the use of alternative fuels in the European Union (EU) and United States. – Ed. While widely acknowledged to be an essential element in the cement…
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Use Of Alternative Fuels Is Spreading Around The World As Part Of Global Efforts To Reduce The Carbon Intensity Of Cement Production. But Alternative Fuels Are Not A Homogenous, Easily Handled Product. Cement Products Talked To A Number Of Experts About The Practical Issues Involved In Moving And Storing These Fuels. by Jonathan Rowland Alternative fuels (AF) are a hot…
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