Cement, Energy and Environment

, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION Process & Operation OPTIMISATION AROUND THE WORLD Joju Jacob, Product Manager of High Level Control Systems, FLSmidth A/S Denmark, explains how plant optimization is achieved by installations at Union Bridge, USA, and Birkenhead, Australia as examples. Joju Jacob, FL Smidth A/S, Denmark For a number of years, FLSmidth has been selling the This article first appeared in International Cement Review in December 2009 and is reprinted with kind permission of Tradeship Publications Ltd, United Kingdom. Email: info@GemNet. com Website: www.CemNet.com OK mill , which is a leading roller mill for finish grinding of INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Portland cement, slag and blended cements. Even though the energy requirements for the OK mill are lower than traditional ball mills, many plants have been looking at ways to optimize further. At the end 2008, FL Smidth Automation completed the commissioning of the ECS/ProcessExpert System in the OK Mill at Lehigh Cement Company's Union Bridge Plant. The solution was provided by FLSmidth Automation-USA. as Original contributions are invited in the following broad areas of cement industry operations: •!• Energy Management and Saving ·!· Environmental Management and Improvement •!• Productivity Enhancement •:• Material Conservation Typically, these could be: ·:• Success stories on Energy Saving, Environmental Improvement, Material Conservation; •!• Diagnostic/Case studies on specific problems/deficiencies met with in plant operation; •!• Reports on Productivity enhancement studies/campaigns; ·:· Reports on Benchmarking of plant performance; •:• Results of R&D on energy efficient technologies/machinery; •!• Results on plant renewal/modernisation; and •!• Summary Proceedings (with recommendations where available) of Seminars/Conferences devoted to Energy Environment and Productivity matters in cement industry Authors are requested to send their contributions to Secretary General, Cement Manufacturers' Association, CMA Tower, A-2E, Sector 24, Noida- 201 301 (U.P.), India, preferably in CO/floppy diskette. It will be appreciated if material is supported by ample graphics and colour photographs. Printed by Harish Panchal and published by Harish Panchal on behalf of Cement Manufacturers' Association at 2142-47 Gurudwara Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi- 110005 and printed at Instant Offset, D-50, Sector-2, Noida- 201 301 (U.P.) Tel: 0120-4320700 I BOO II