Rotary Kilns—rotating industrial drying ovens—are used for a wide variety of applications including processing raw minerals and feedstocks as well as heat-treating hazardous wastes. They are particularly critical in the manufacture of Portland cement. Their design and operation is critical to their efficient usage, which if done incorrectly can result in improperly treated materials and excessive, high fuel costs. This professional reference book will be the first comprehensive book in many years that treats all engineering aspects of rotary kilns, including a thorough grounding in the thermal and fluid principles involved in their operation, as well as how to properly design an engineering process that uses rotary kilns. This new edition contains an updated CFD section with inclusion of recent case studies and in line with recent developments covers pyrolysis processes, torrefaction of biomass, application of rotary kilns in C02 capture and information on using rotary kilns as incinerators for hydrocarbons. Provides essential information on fluid flow, granular flow, mixing and segregation, and aerodynamics during turbulent mixing and recirculation Gives guidance on which fuels to choose, including options such as natural gas versus coal-fired rotary kilns Covers principles of combustion and flame control, heat transfer and heating and material balances New edition contains information on pyrolysis processes with low temperatures and torrefaction of biomass. It also covers calcination of petcoke, how rotary kilns are used as incinerators for chlorinated hydrocarbons. Includes updated material on CFD simulation of kiln gas and solids flow with a selection of recent case studies.

This is an indispensable reference source and training tool not only for kiln operators, but for supervisors and management staff as well. Extensive discussions on pre-heater and pre-calciner operations are included. The appendix includes a section with conversion tables, definitions of common terms relating to rotary kilns, and a suggested outline for a training program for new operators. CONTENTS: History; Types of Rotary Kilns; Refractories; Fuels; Combustion; The Flame; Heat Transfer; Heat Balances; The Chemistry of Kiln Feed and Clinker, Reaction Zones in the Rotary Kiln; Coating and Ring Formation in a Rotary Kiln; The Air Circuit in a Rotary Kiln: Movement of the Material Through The Kiln; Kiln Operating and Control Methods; Instrumentation; Burning Zone Control; Fuel Systems; Clinker cooler Control; Kiln Exit-Gas Temperature Control; Feed-Rate Control; Kiln Starts and Shutdowns; The 27 Basic Kiln Conditions; Kiln Emergency Conditions; Safety and Accident Prevention; Appendix: A KILN OPERATOR'S QUIZ; Glossary; Conversion Tables; Index. See also: F.M. LEA's, THE CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT AND CONCRETE, Third Edition: ISBN 978-0-8206-0212-7; Kurt Peray, The Cement Manufacturer's Handbook: ISBN 0820603686. Visit us at www.chemical-publishing.com

This book deals with two important areas that directly affect kiln availability for production. These two aspects decide if the cement plant would make profit or loss during the year. At the moment there is no book that deals with these aspects. The literature on these subjects is scattered and the totality of the subject is missing. The book Refractory Engineering and Kiln Maintenance in Cement Plants is an utmost requirement for the Cement Industry and would fulfil the needs of the Cement Industry all over the world. It has brought out various developments of refractory with the changing technological scenario. The contents is totally comprehensive in every respect and has been planned in such a way that starting from Changing Phases of Kiln Systems and Choice of Refractories, Improving the Kiln Up-time, there are also important chapters on Inspection, Storage and Packing of Refractories, Refractory Management, Kiln Maintenance with a bonus of a glossary of the technical terms. The book will serve as a handbook for production managers, production engineers, Kiln operators, refractory engineers, maintenance managers, purchase engineers, inventory engineers, warehouse officers and storekeepers.

This course of Contents - GENERAL KILN SECTION - KILN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS SECTION - KILN OPERATION SECTION - KILN START-UP AND SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES - COOLER SECTION - COMBUSTION SECTION - BASIC PRINCIPLES SECTION

This Course Contains - Residence time in Kiln - CLINKERISATION - LIME SATURATION FACTOR - SILICA RATIO - ALUMINA RATIO - CALORIFIC VALUE OF COAL - COAL USED IN CEMENT INDUSTRY - THERMAL EXPANSION OF SHELL - KILN CAPACITY ASSESMENT - CEMENT MILL FORMULAS - Mill charging - GRINDING MEDIA LOAD - POWER CONSUMPTION OF MILL - Girth Gear and another Data

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Annotation About the Book: Now that India is virtually the only player in this field, an elaboration is needed with respect to more fundamental understanding as well as future prospects and needs, which this edition has tried to fulfill. It can now fulfill the need of a reference textbook in alternate iron making area for undergraduate and post graduate students in Metallurgical, Production, Manufacturing, Chemical, Materials and to a minor extent Mechanical Engineering disciplines. The aim of fulfilling the needs of entrepreneurs and plant operators has not only been retained; it has been elaborated. Further, the basic aspects have been presented in a way that is lucid and simple to understand and should serve as an incentive to the operators and entrepreneurs to develop a deeper understanding of the process. The project engineering section now gives guidelines sufficient to make a project report. Opportunities available to this process and the competition it faces has also been highlighted. A chapter on reaction kinetics has been included as also a section on iron ore and pellets. Other sections included are on Aerodynamics, Auto Ignition, Coal Throwing, etc. Rest of the text has been updated to the extent possible. Some advanced features have been introduced such as Mathematical Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Reduction Mechanism, etc. to give researchers in the area of food for thought. Contents: IntroductionRotary Kiln Process of Making Sponge IronThermodynamic Considerations: Feasibility of ReactionAerodynamics inside a Sponge Iron Rotary KilnMathematical Modelling in Rotary Kiln Sponge Iron MakingPhysical Movement of Solids inside a Rotary Kiln: Charge Movement and Coal Throwing/SlingingRequirement, Generation and Transfer of Heat in a Sponge Iron Rotary KilnReaction KineticsRaw Materials for Sponge Iron MakingAccretion or Ring Formation inside a Rotary KilnSponge Iron Properties: Re-oxidation and Auto-Ignition of Sponge IronUses of Sponge IronProcess Design, Engineering & Operational Aspects of an RK-DR PlantOther Uses of Rotary Kiln for Reduction PurposesEnvironmental Aspects of Sponge Iron Making in Rotary Kiln and Future Prospect.