The February 2019 issue of Global Cement Magazine contains a wealth of fuels-related content to tie in with the themes and location of the Global CemFuels Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This includes a look at drives for RDF shredders, fuel additives, coal mill safety and a novel fuel metric from researchers at the University of Cambridge.
As part of our wider sustainability coverage, Global Cement introduces the Carbon Margin as a way of considering the effects of rapidly-increasing carbon emissions costs on cement producers' margins. There's also an interview with the Global Cement & Concrete Association's CEO Benjamin Sporton, the latest on the cement sector of the Benelux countries and a plant report from the CBR Lixhe plant, which will be visited by delegates from the Global CemFuels Conference.
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Refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a substitute fuel for cement and lime plants, is processed in shredders, a technology that transforms bulky wastes to a particle size of 80mm or less. As the material being processed is not homogeneous, shredding produces a considerable number of shocks in the system. The shocks are critical to the shredder, specifically the rotors and consequently the rotor drives. So... what kind of drive is best at handling this kind of application?
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Vincent Grosskopf has more than 45 years of experience in bulk material handling, particularly regarding the safety of coal grinding systems. As the founder of Coal Mill Safety, he acts as a consultant to those seeking to design and build safe greenfield coal grinding systems or improve existing installations. However, since such systems are often an ‘afterthought’ within the cement sector, there’s a lot of work to be done...
The Lixhe cement plant, operated by HeidelbergCement subsidiary CBR, has been producing cement since 1950. Ahead of the visit by Global CemFuels’ delegates on 22 February 2019, Global Cement spoke to Plant Manager Benoit Gastout...
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