Fourth-generation grate coolers are enabling China to produce high-quality clinker in >10,000tpd lines. TCDRI presents the results of its cooler scale-up at XZ cement plant. By Yang Huanying, You Xiaoping, Ma Jiaomei, Gao Weimin and Wang Jiashuo, Tianjin Cement Industry Research and Design Institute (TCDRI), China

The art of separate grinding
The reduction of the clinker-to-cement ratio is one of the key strategies to decarbonise cement p...