The energy-efficient technologies in cement grinding
DATE:2020-07-29
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Cement is an energy-intensive industry in which the grinding circuits use more than 60% of the total electrical energy consumed and account for most of the manufacturing cost. The requirements for the cement industry in the future are to reduce the use of energy in grinding and the emission of CO2 from the kilns. In recent years, the production of composite cements has been increasing for reasons concerned with process economics, energy reduction, ecology, conservation of resources and product quality/diversity. The most important properties of cement, such as strength and workability, are affected by its specific surface and by the fineness and width of the particle-size distribution. These can be modified to some extent by the equipment used in the grinding circuit, including its configuration and control.
Performance of grinding circuits has been improved in recent years by the development of machinery such as high-pressure grinding rolls, Horomills, high-efficiency classifiers and vertical roller mills (VRM) for clinker grinding which are more energy efficient than machinery which has been in common use for many years such as tube mills. Energy-efficient equipments such as high-pressure grinding rolls, vertical roller mills, CKP pre-grinders, HONGJI is used at both finish grinding of cement and raw material-grinding stages due to higher energy consumption of conventional multi-compartment ball milling circuits.
