Clay calcination technology: state-of-the-art review by the RILEM TC 282-CCL

T Hanein, KC Thienel, F Zunino, ATM Marsh… - Materials and …, 2022‏ - Springer
The use of calcined clays as supplementary cementitious materials provides the opportunity
to significantly reduce the cement industry's carbon burden; however, use at a global scale …

Reducing greenhouse gasses emissions by fostering the deployment of alternative raw materials and energy sources in the cleaner cement manufacturing process

H Mikulčić, JJ Klemeš, M Vujanović, K Urbaniec… - Journal of cleaner …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The cement production industry worldwide is one of the largest CO 2 emitting industrial
sectors. It accounts for a considerable amount of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Reducing the CO2 emissions in Croatian cement industry

H Mikulčić, M Vujanović, N Duić - Applied energy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Cement industry is one of the largest carbon emitting industrial sectors. It is responsible for
about 5% of anthropogenic CO2 in the world. Therefore, it is a relevant industrial sector for …

Numerical modelling of calcination reaction mechanism for cement production

H Mikulčić, E Von Berg, M Vujanović… - Chemical engineering …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Calcination is a thermo-chemical process, widely used in the cement industry, where
limestone is converted by thermal decomposition into lime CaO and carbon dioxide CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-case study on environmental and economic benefits through co-burning refuse-derived fuels and sewage sludge in cement industry

K Wojtacha-Rychter, A Smoliński - Materials, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The use of waste as an energy source in cement clinker production is a promising way to
transition toward a circular economy and limit carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. The …

The application of CFD modelling to support the reduction of CO2 emissions in cement industry

H Mikulčić, M Vujanović, DK Fidaros, P Priesching… - Energy, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The cement industry is one of the leading producers of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, of
which CO2 is the most significant. Recently, researchers have invested a considerable …

Aspen Plus-based simulation of a cement calciner and optimization analysis of air pollutants emission

Y Zhang, SX Cao, S Shao, Y Chen, SL Liu… - Clean Technologies and …, 2011‏ - Springer
The cement industry is a typical high energy consumption and heavy pollution industry, in
which amounts of CO 2, NO, NO 2, and SO 2 discharge from the pre-calciner kiln system and …

Analyzing thermodynamic improvement potential of a selected cement manufacturing process: Advanced exergy analysis

S Fellaou, T Bounahmidi - Energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Cement industry uses very energy-intensive operations resulting in a suboptimal
sustainable performance. The objective of this research is to provide insight into the value of …

CPFD simulation of petcoke and SRF co–firing in a full–scale cement calciner

M Nakhaei, H Wu, D Grévain, LS Jensen… - Fuel Processing …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Computational particle fluid dynamics (CPFD) simulation is carried out to study the effect of
petcoke and solid recovered fuel (SRF) co–firing in a full–scale cement calciner. The …

Numerical study of co-firing pulverized coal and biomass inside a cement calciner

H Mikulčić, E Von Berg… - Waste management & …, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The use of waste wood biomass as fuel is increasingly gaining significance in the cement
industry. The combustion of biomass and particularly co-firing of biomass and coal in …