@article{osti_927882, title = {Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Cement Making. An ENERGY STAR Guide for Energy and Plant Managers}, author = {Galitsky, Christina and Worrell, Ernst and Galitsky, Christina}, abstractNote = {The cost of energy as part of the total production costs in the cement industry is significant, warranting attention for energy efficiency .
In total, the German cement industry used 92.5 million gigajoules of fuel in 2014, whilst electricity consumption was 3.57 terrawatt hours (TWh). Back in the 1950s and 1960s, considerable improvements were made to the energy efficiency of rotary kiln plants in German cement works.
Chicago, IL – February 5, 2018 – Lafarlcim recently announced two of its plants received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) prestigious ENERGY STAR® award. The EPA recognized both the Holly Hill plant in Holly Hill, S.C., and Devil's Slide plant in Morgan, Utah, for being among the most energy-efficient cement plants in the United States.
Cement plants, given their large-scale industrial thermal energy demand, offer opportunities for co-generation of electricity and/or steam production, particularly if the co-generation system is part of the initial plant design. This could significantly improve the overall energy efficiency of .
Sperberg, R, Ruegg, T. Mining for energy efficiency in cement plants a teamwork approach. In: 2012 IEEE-IAS/PCA 53rd cement industry technical conference, San Antonio, TX, 14–17 May 2012, pp. 1–5. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. Google Scholar. 17. Abrahamsen, F, Blaabjerg, F, Pedersen, JK. Energy efficiency improvements in electronic motors and ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Holly Hill-based cement manufacturer Lafarlcim is one of 93 manufacturing plants that earned EnergyStar certification for superior ...
performance and energy efficiency at cement plants - using diagnostic, corrective and long-term continuous improvement activities. Cement FingerPrint ABB's Cement FingerPrint is a process optimization and energy consulting service designed to capture, analyze and improve operational performance and energy efficiency of the cement making process.
This gives good cement performance, and reduces energy consumption by 20-40% compared with a standard ball mill system. Capacity of cement mills. The cement mills on a cement plant are usually sized for a clinker consumption considerably greater than the output of the plant's .
The share of energy consumed in a cement clinker kiln plant attains 70-78% of the overall energy consumed in the process of cement production as a whole. The residual (22-30%) is the share of electrical energy. On the other hand, for the burning of the clinker kiln plant, thermal energy represents 92-96% of the required energy and the electrical
Jan 15, 2015· Croatia has a relatively small cement industry with five cement plants, three of which are owned by Cemex Croatia, Croatia's only oil well cement producer. The Sv Juraj cement plant in Kaštel Sućurac, Kaštela is Cemex's most energy-efficient worldwide for specific heat consumption. It is also ...
Apr 23, 2018· The Rillito cement plant first achieved the ENERGY STAR certification in 2012. A key factor in establishing an efficient plant is simply minimising energy consumption per unit of product produced. For a cement plant, the mmbtu per tonne is the key performance indicator used for monitoring the plant performance.
The NSP kiln plant analysis will evaluate selected representative cement plants in each province in order to identify specific energy-efficiency technology options and evaluate their energy savings and associated costs to improve the energy efficiency of cement production by these facilities.
Energy efficiency of cement plants. ... the main levers for cement producers are the increase in energy efficiency and the use of alternative materials, be it as fuel or raw materials. Accordingly ...
May 25, 2012· This paper presents an approach used by ENERGY STAR to implement manufacturing plant energy benchmarking for the cement industry. Using plant-level data and statistical analysis, we control for factors that influence energy use that are not efficiency, per se. What remains is an estimate of the distribution of energy use that is not accounted ...
When it comes to achieving the best energy consumption, what are the key factors a cement producer needs to address? In this article, extracted from the newly published Cement Plant Environmental Handbook (Second Edition), Lawrie Evans presents a masterclass in understanding and optimising cement plant energy consumption.
5. Target Setting in Cement Plants 7 5.1 Grouping of Cement plants 7 5.2 Energy Consumption Range 8 5.3 Example: Normalised Baseline parameters and Target for PPC 8 5.4 Apportionment of Sub-Sector Target of Energy Saving in Cement Sector 9 5.4.1 Apportionment of Target of Energy Saving in individual Cement plant 9 6. Normalization 10 6.1 ...
Improving Thermal and Electric Energy Efficiency at Cement Plants: International Best Practice v This report was produced in cooperation between IFC, SNIC (Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento), ABCP (Associação Brasileira de Cimento Portland), and INT (Brazil's National Institute of Technology).
The heated air from the coolers is returned to the kilns, a process that saves fuel and increases burning efficiency. After the clinker is cooled, cement plants grind it and mix it with small amounts of gypsum and limestone. Cement is so fine that 1 pound of cement contains 150 billion grains.
Sep 24, 2018· September 24, 2018, Glendora, CA – CalPortland ® is proud to announce that the company's Rillito, AZ and Oro Grande, CA cement plants have earned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR ® certifications for 2018. ENERGY STAR plant certifications signify that these two cement plants perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.
Smart Monitoring of Cement Plants for Energy Efficiency. CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
US: The CalPortland Rillito cement plant in Arizona has received an energy efficiency rebate of US$71,213 from Tucson Electric Power (TEP) as part of a programme providing incentive funds for energy efficiency projects. The cement plant installed an upgrade to its clinker cooler using funding from the TEP Commercial Energy Solutions program. To date, this is the construction materials ...
May 14, 2019· Use this tool to determine your cement plant's energy performance. The Energy Peformance Indicator (EPI) will help your company improve its energy efficiency by comparing your energy performance to similar cement manufacturing plants in the U.S. The spreadsheet includes instructions for using the EPI, a State of Energy Performance form, and a Facility Performance Report.
Binani Cement implements effective energy efficiency measures . Binani Cement combats Global Warming for a better tomorrow by ensuring energy conservation Sets up three captive power plants and other new generation technologies to become energy efficient.
Mar 16, 2017· Energy Efficiency in Cement Industry. With new built, state-of-the-art cement plants, usually all technical measures seem to be implemented towards low energy consumption. So, how to reduce it further? Energy efficiency is based on the following three pillars. Technical optimization; Alternative raw materials for cement and clinker production