Capacity, Materials and Carbon Costs Are Converging on North America’s Cement Industry, Making the Case for Disruption. The Question Is Whether an Incremental Response Is Enough.By Jonathan Rowland
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Author: Jonathan Rowland
Alternative Fuels in the Kiln: The Coating Challenge
Alternative Fuels Are Changing the Conditions Under Which Kiln Coating Forms, Stabilizes and Fails. The Chemistry Is Only Half the Story.By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreBetween Potential and Performance: Grinding Circuit Optimization
Advanced Technologies Promise To Transform Grinding Efficiency, But The Industry’s Most Significant Optimization Potential Still Lies In Process Knowledge, Operational Fundamentals And The People Who Understand Them.By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreDigital Tools for Faster SCM Adoption
AI And Predictive Modeling Tools That Compress Cement Blend Validation From Weeks To Hours Have The Potential To Accelerate The Adoption Of Novel Supplementary Cementitious Materials While Maintaining Rigorous Performance Standards. By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreHydrogen: Fuel of the Future or Flash in the Pan?
As A Potential Solution To The Cement Industry’s Decarbonization Challenge, Can Hydrogen Overcome Technical And Economic Hurdles To Become A Practical Fuel For Cement Kilns? By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreAlternative Fuels: Where Next?
Thermal Substitution Rates Up To 100% Are Technically Possible And Are Being Achieved At Some European Plants. But Not In The U.S. Cement Optimized Spoke To Rick Bohan And Sean O’neill Of The Portland Cement Association About The Current State Of Alternative Fuels And What’s Being Done To Accelerate Their Adoption. By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreThe View from California
Cement Optimized Spoke To Tom Tietz Of The California Nevada Cement Association About Efforts To Meet The Golden State’s Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals. By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreThe Cement Lab and Industry 4.0
The Cement Laboratory Is A Crucial Source Of Data. Collecting And Managing That Data Are Vital Tasks Supporting A Plant’s Industry 4.0 Journey, As Flsmidth Cement’s Jens Asbjørn Pedersen Explained To Cement Products.By Jonathan Rowland
Read MoreRefractories and the Sustainability Challenge
When It Comes To The Sustainability Of Cement Production, Refractories Have A Broad And Essential Role To Play, As Experts From Calderys Group, Including Hwi, And Refratechnik Told Cement Products. Since the early days of cement production, the industry has worked to reduce its specific energy consumption. This has changed the landscape of the cement plant as “today’s preheater-precalciner kilns…
Read MoreElectric Cement Production: The Technologies
Electrification Is Increasingly Being Mentioned In Discussions Around The Decarbonization Of Cement. By Jonathan Rowland Electrification of process heat is still very much in the nascent stages of development in the cement industry. It’s not without interest, however. According to the experts at the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA), electrification of cement production “appears promising.” Researchers Sebastian Quevedo Parra and…
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