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Maintaining quality with emission limits

19 December 2023, Published under Cement News

The trend towards more sustainable cement production and decarbonisation has resulted in increased emissions control. While this has led to challenges in terms of maintaining quality, solutions are continually being discovered. Figure 1: alite in the bottom right quadrant contains inclusions of free lime due to a high SO 3 content in the clinker (© A Harrisson) In the past couple of decades the cement industry has seen a number of changes in technology and priorities, which...

Mitigating acid gas emissions

11 December 2018, Published under Cement News

In this month’s Technical Forum, Dr Michael Clark examines acid gas emissions from cement kilns. Understanding harmful acid gas emissions, such as hydrogen chloride, is required before investing in mitigation strategies. Before investing in new raw material quarries, a better understanding of acid gas emissions is required Emissions from cement kilns are a growing focus of environmental authorities around the world. This month’s Technical Forum will look at the causes and mitiga...

Tijeras targets emission limits

16 April 2015, Published under Cement News

As US cement plants gear up to comply with the new NESHAP regulations that come into force later this year, GCC Rio Grande upgrades its Tijeras plant in New Mexico, USA. By Saul Alvidrez, GCC, USA. The new baghouse of GCC Rio Grande’s Tijeras plant in New Mexico, USA Built in 1958, GCC Rio Grande’s Tijeras plant consists of two long dry kilns (f4.6m x 85m) with a two-stage preheater, two 36tph (40stph) ball mills and three 23tph (26stph) ball mills for finish grinding. The wo...