Global CemPower - Virtual

4th Virtual Global CemPower Seminar 2024

Including waste heat recovery, captive power, grinding optimisation and electrical energy efficiency

29 October 2024
10:00 - 14:00 Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

Free registration includes attendance at the webinar, live Q&A, a download of the programme and basic delegate list, attendance at the post-event Zoom meet-up and access to the post-event video.

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Global CemPower looks at a topic that accounts for one third of the cement industry's total costs: Electrical power.

Global CemPower normally takes place as a real-world conference and exhibition, but during and after the coronavirus pandemic, the event will take place as a virtual, online event.

Seminar participants are automatically enrolled as registered users of Global Cement - including free news updates, magazine notifications and more.

For commercial enquiries, including sponsored presentations, please contact Paul Brown, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or +44 776 7475 998.

The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering.

Subjects covered:

Captive power generation
Waste heat recovery
Grinding optimisation
Scheduling
Energy purchase optimisation
Process control systems
Efficient transport systems
Efficient meal blending
High-efficiency mills
High-efficiency classifiers
High-efficiency motors and drives
Compressed air optimisation
Fan optimisation
Lighting control and optimisation

3rd Virtual Global CemPower Seminar

28 November 2023

Programme

Programme is Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome) and is subject to change

09.00 Exhibition slides

Session 1

10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Dr Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.10 Paper 1: 'Kawasaki’s trustworthy WHR for cement industry – Meeting the stringent demands for a decarbonised society,' Hiroki Kijima, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
10.30 Q&A

10.40 Paper 2: ‘Clean electricity from waste heat: Act now and remain flexible for the future,’ Orcan Energy
11.00 Q&A

11.10 Paper 3: 'Unlocking sustainable energy solutions in cement plants: an in-depth exploration of Turboden ORC technology,’ Mirko Ferrari, Turboden
11.30 Q&A

11.40 Exhibition break - sponsored video and exhibition slides

Session 2

12.00 Paper 4: 'Main electrical requirements and their implementation to achieve the decarbonation of cement plants,’ Xavier d’Hubert, XDH Energy
12.20 Q&A

12.30 Paper 5: ‘The power demands of cement industry carbon capture,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
12.50 Q&A

13.00 Paper 6: 'PyroTreat-NRG unit as a universal and cost-effective power plant for the cement industry,' Konstantin Stepanov, Landsborg Group LLC
13.20 Q&A

13.30 Final discussion, end of day.

2nd Virtual Global CemPower Seminar 2022

29 November 2022

Programme

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

9.00 Exhibition time

Session 1

10:00 Introduction and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.10 Paper 1: 'Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant for cement industry,' Kazuki Ao, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
10.35 Q&A

10.45 Paper 2: 'Circular energy recovery in the cement factory, Fabio Bernareggi, CTP Team S.r.l.
11.10 Q&A

11.20 Paper 3: 'Waste heat recovery with advanced Organic Rankine Cycle technology: a flexible and efficient solution to increase energy efficiency and curb carbon emissions in cement plants,’ Andrea De Finis, Exergy International Srl
11.45 Q&A

11.55 Lunch break + Exhibition time slides

Session 2

13.00 Welcome back and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

13.05 Paper 4: 'A sober look at carbon capture,' John Kline, John Kline Associates
13.30 Q&A

13.40 Paper 5: 'Impact of power market interventions on industrial decarbonisation in Europe,' Thekla von Bülow, Aurora Energy Research
14.05 Q&A

14.15 Paper 6: ‘Europe’s struggle to understand energy economics,’ Joris van Dorp, RePlanet NL
14.40 Q&A

14.50 Paper 7: 'The (in)direct electrification of cement plants - Part II,' Xavier d’Hubert, XDH Energy
15.15 Q&A

15.25 Final remarks and farewell - Zoom session

1st Virtual Global CemPower Seminar - 2021

30 November 2021

Over 600 delegates from the following 88 countries registered for the event in 2021: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe

What the delegates said

• Excellent content and presentations as always.
• Very effective in regard of learning what is on the market.
• Punctuality, excellent moderation, time for question-clarification are very good
• All was good
• The talks selected for the webinar were well chosen and relevant for the audience, and there were no problems with the webinar platform or the server.
• Very systematically arranged and time controlled.
• Very efficient way to get an up-to date info
• Well presented with relevant topics.
• Very good virtual conference.
• Topics are interesting and include futuristic, novel developing ideas and technology 

Programme

Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)

9.00 Exhibition time

Session 1

10:00 Introduction and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

10.10 Paper 1: 'A new waste heat recovery system (the KHI VEGA boiler) using preheater waste gas for cement industry WHR,’ Toshinori Tanaka, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
10.35 Q&A

10.45 Paper 2: ‘How the cement industry can go green with PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) and Green certificates (GoOs),’ Annkathrin Rabe, Statkraft
11.10 Q&A

11.20 Paper 3: 'Boosting NetZero in cement industry with ORC waste heat recovery tailor-designed solutions for improved energy efficiency, business profitability and environmental footprint,' Sergio Morlacchi, Exergy
11.45 Q&A

11.55  Lunch break + Exhibition time slides

Session 2

13.10 Welcome back and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

13.15 Paper 4: 'The multi-million dollar opportunity – how to exploit overlooked electricity cost savings in mills,’ Markus Burbach, Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG
13.40 Q&A

13.50 Paper 5: ‘Construction and operation of the Waste Heat Recovery system at Najran Cement, Saudi Arabia,’ Muayad Matar, Najran Cement Company
14.15 Q&A

14.25 Paper 6: 'Electrically-heated calciner with CO2 capture - Pilot-scale rotary kiln at VTT, Finland,' Oona Katajisto, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
14.50 Q&A

15.00 Paper 7: 'The indirect electrification of the cement plant,’ Xavier D'Hubert, XDH-Energy
15.25 Q&A

15.35 Lunch break + Exhibition time slides

16.00 Welcome back and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator

16.05 Paper 8: 'Breaking down the barriers to waste heat recovery,’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
16.30 Q&A

16.40 Paper 9: 'IFC decarbonisation advisory offering for the cement sector and select examples of electric energy efficiency,' Alexander Sharabaroff, IFC
17.05 Q&A

17.15 Final remarks and farewell