Tyres as an alternative fuel
Scrap tyres are tyres that are no longer suitable or legal for their intended use due to damage, brittleness or low tread depth. By the time it is scrapped, a tyre generally loses around 20% of its weight. Tyres comprise natural rubber, synthetic rubber, carbon black, oil and various reinforcers. The use of alternative fuels and raw material is common practice in the European cement industry. Dirk Lechtenberg gives an overview of scrap tyres as an alternative fuel in this excerpt from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Alternative Fuels & Raw Materials Handbook. Due to be published in the summer of 2011, the handbook will give an insight into over 80 different types of alternative fuels and raw materials with detailed descriptions of the availability, common use and practice in the cement industry. This includes processing considerations, the influence on the environment, clinker production and the economics of the various alternative fuels… Download
One chicken, one Watt … Poultry litter as an alternative fuel
In the third excerpt from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Alternative Fuels & Raw Materials Handbook, Dirk Lechtenberg describes the use of poultry litter as an alternative fuel for cement and lime. Due to be published in the summer of 2011, the handbook will give an insight into over 80 different types of alternative fuels and raw materials with detailed descriptions of the availability, common use and practice in the cement industry. Download
Beverage cartons as an alternative fuel and raw material
Beverage cartons, a mixture of plastic, foiled aluminium and paper, represent a significant waste-recovery challenge. However, they can be effectively used as both an alternative fuel and alternative raw material source for the cement industry, as Dirk Lechtenberg highlights in this article, which features information from the MVW ‘Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials Handbook.’ Download
The role of the cement industry in developing recycling projects
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Ashes from power plants
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Dried sewage sludge as an alternative fuel
In this article Dirk Lechtenberg from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner gives an overview of dried sewage sludge as an alternative fuel source. This is the second excerpt from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Alternative Fuels & Raw Materials Handbook. Due to be published in the summer of 2011, the handbook will give an insight into over 80 different types of alternative fuels and raw materials with detailed descriptions of the availability, common use and practice in the cement industry. This includes processing considerations, the influence on the environment, clinker production and the economics of the various alternative fuels. Download
Alternative fuels – What about the environment?- Part 1
Alternative fuels are now a firmly-established reality in well-developed cement industries around the world and increasing amounts of alternative fuels are also being used in developing economies. Here, MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Dirk Lechtenberg uncovers a wealth of information regarding the use of alternative fuels in the German cement industry, especially with reference to the relatively unexplored negative aspects of their use. Alternative fuels may mean lower CO2 emissions, avoidance of landfill and decreased costs but they may also entail higher numbers of truck movements, higher dust emissions and higher specific energy consumption per tonne of cement. Part 2 of Dirk Lechtenberg’s research will follow in the November 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazin Download
A technological revolution
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Driving alternative fuel efforts
With car manufacturing increasing over the past 20 years, large volumes of end-of-life vehicles (ELV) waste have become available worldwide. For cement plants, this type of waste provides an important fuel source and MVW Lechtenberg explains the benefits of processing this growing mountain of ELV’s into a useable refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Download
Alternative Fuels in Egypt
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