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Can solar kilns be a viable option in the cement sector?

02 October 2020, Published under Cement News

This week, Cemex announced what it called a 'groundbreaking' technology to fully decarbonise the cement production process by working with Synhelion on a solar-heated kiln. The process aims not only to reduce the use of fossil fuels but to turn CO 2 into synthetic drop in-fuels such as kerosene, diesel and gasoline. Such a technology leap would seem revolutionary for the cement sector with high energy costs and a pressing need to lower its CO 2 emissions and to become a carbon neural in...

First 50kW solar cement kiln will be tested throughout 2019

11 January 2019, Published under Cement News

The launch of the first solar reactor operating at 800-1000˚C, using rotary kiln and a horizontal bubbling fluidised bed, to manufacture cement is a step nearer. The Solar Thermal Treatment of Non-Metallic Minerals (SOLPART) is preparing to move from the lab to an industrial-sized test plant. "We have tested a fluidised bed system at the level of between 10kW and 20kW and now we are commissioning a pilot scale reactor with power of between 30kW and 50kW, able to treat 50kg/h calcium carbona...