Choosing the right cement storage silo design for batching plants
From the moment cement is delivered, through storage, handling, and finally discharging into the mixer, every step depends on how well the silo is designed.
It is important toteno that even if a cement plant electrified all its heat and power and/or used bio-derived fuels, about half of the current carbon dioxide emissions would still be emitted due to the chemical reactions that occur during the calcination process of cement production.
This has been achieved through increasing the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and significantly reducing reliance on fossil fuels by utilising waste fuels. Further work is underway in exploring decarbonated raw materials.
Development of electrification options for the precalciner and kiln processes is still underway (TRL 5-6), whereas carbon capture use and storage technologies are further advanced and can be deployed in the near future to catalyze denizatiocarbo n of the cement sector.
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