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Fives Pillard reduces CO2 emissions for Middle East cement plant

24 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Fives Pillard has converted two existing hot gas generator burners operating with coal to natural gas. The modified burners existing can now add natural gas to the fuel mix while they can still operate with initial fuels they were designed for. Fives Pillard provided two 5MW Pillard HeatGen System™ burners fuelled by natural gas along with their accessories. The customer chose Fives Pillard, confident in its ability to design equipment that comply with safety and regulation requir...

Fives signs contract to deliver burner for alternative fuel firing

17 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Fives is set to supply a Pillard NOVAFLAM ® Evolution burner to a major French and international cement player, which is expected to help the producer achieve 100 per cent use of alternative solid fuel (ASF) . The client's rotary kiln currently uses 60 per cent ASF, split 30 per cent for the main burner and 30 per cent for the satellite burner. As part of a decarbonisation process, the client now wishes to achieve 100 per cent use of ASF. This versatility will allow the cl...

Fives Pillard wins east European order

29 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Fives Pillard is installing a raw material-drying hot gas generator for a cement plant in eastern Europe.   The 75MW hot gas generator will operate with air at 250°C. During its start-up it will be fired with natural gas until it reaches 30 per cent of its power capacity, after which peat will become the main fuel.   The client's objective is to reduce the cost of clinker production by replacing natural gas with a less expensive pulverised fuel, peat. The difficulty of this ...

Fives Pillard appoints new executive director

01 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Fabien Illy has joined Fives Pillard as its new executive director. Fabien has considerable and international expertise in the combustion industry where he has spent the majority of his career. His main role will be to drive the company's business strategy, international development and boost its growth. After first starting his career at Air Liquide and working in its R&D department for combustion and cryogenics, Fabien joined the Group Fives 18 years ago where he held variou...

Fives Pillard burner is commissioned in east Asia

27 September 2021, Published under Cement News

Fives Pillard reports it has commissioned a Novaflam ® Evolution burner for a cement plant in east Asia. Due to the travel restrictions linked to the health crisis, this commissioning was carried out remotely with the cooperation of the customer. The 143MW coal/petcoke Pillard Novaflam ® Evolution burner, with oil as start-up, was supplied as a replacement for an old competitor's burner. The aim of this replacement was to increase the kiln capacity to 9000 ,tpd without impacting...