Cement, Energy and Environment

• TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION Process & Operation • BLENDING TACTICS [Ta ckles disturbances in the raw mix chemistry ] 32 • TERMINAL TECHNOLOGY [Advanced technology in material handling for cement terminals] 32 • RESISTING WE_AR EROSION [How wear occurs in roller press and how it can be avoided as well as repaired] 33 • SF CROSS-BAR COOLER ENTERS FRANCE [Superior performance] 34 • THE HEART OF THE OPERATION 34 • PROTECTIVE LININGS 35 • PROACTIVE PREVENTION {How material build-up in cement plants can be prevented and treated] 35 Quality & Standard • FROM MAJOR TO MINOR [Use of XRF analysis] 36 • OPTIMISED HEAT EXCHANGER THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK 36 • INDIAN STANDARD FOR CEMENT TO BE BENCHMARKED WITH EUROPE'S 37 • FROM THE DESK OF SECRETARY GENERAL, QCI 38 • ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION • FLUX, VOLUME OR VISCOSITY? [Dz: Stanish! v Chmmy, the renowned clinker minernlogist fmm the Czech Republic hns an explanation] 40 • THE CASE FOR VERTICAL MILLS [Looks at the advantages of using roller 40 mills for slag grinding] • COGENERATION [The company's Slite plant uses excess heM from kiln no.S to produce elect6cal energy] 41 • PETCOKE COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS [The combustion of petcoke has hnd nn effect on modern calciner nnd burner designs] 42 • ENERGY MINIMISING CONCEPT [The experiences of p84 filter bng materinl nt the Lnfarge Perlmooser plnnt, Austrin.] 42 • PROCESSING COAL TO MEET POWER PLANT REQUIREMENTS - PART-1 42 • POWER MINISTER SURESH PRABHU OUTLINES POWER SECTOR PROGRAMMES 44 • COGENERATION OF POWER UTILIZING WASTE HEAT IN CEMENT MANUFACTURE : TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 44 • POLLUTION CONTROL • DEDUSTING DILEMMA [Hot gasbag filter using jet pulse clcnning system- Energy Minimising Concept (EMC) implemented by Scheuch] 45 • FRIENDS OF EARTH [Importnnce of cement producers to ndhere to the closely inter-related triple bottom lines of economic, socinl il.nd environmental con cerns] 45 • USE OF FLY ASH IN CONSTRUCTION RECOMMENDED 45 • UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY MEETS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE [Wet to semi-dry technology a "green" solution] 46 • SAYING NO TO NOX {On how to stop the creation of Nox in kilns] 46 • THE FUTURE OF ELCTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS [Development of electrostatic precipitators] 47