IP Library Granted Patent US 8,616,877
Granted Patent B2
US 8,616,877 · App. 11/990,221 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Method for preheating cement raw meal, and device for carrying out said method

Inventor: Urs Gasser (Rüfenach, CH)
Assignee: Holcim Technology Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,616,877
App. No.
11/990,221
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for the preheating of cement raw meal for the production of cement-clinker, in which the cement raw meal is conveyed towards the feed side of a cement clinker kiln ( 1 ) in at least one heat exchanger-line in counter flow to hot gases, the hot gases are drawn off via at least a first heat exchanger ( 2 ) connected with the feed end of the cement clinker kiln ( 1 ) and via heat exchanger-lines ( 3,4 ) following this first heat exchanger ( 2 ) and being parallel to each other. The device for carrying out said method is characterized in that heat exchanger-lines ( 3,4 ) arranged in parallel to each other are connected to at least a first heat exchanger ( 2 ) joined to the feed end of the cement clinker kiln.

Claims (18)

1. Method for preheating of cement raw meal for production of cement clinker, comprising the step of

conveying cement raw meal towards a feed end of a cement clinker kiln ( 1 ) through four separate heat exchanger-lines in counter flow to hot gases, each of said heat exchanger-lines comprising second cyclone/fluidized bed-heat exchangers ( 5 ) connected in series,

wherein the hot gases are drawn off

via two first heat exchangers ( 2 ) connected to the feed end of the cement clinker kiln ( 1 ), and

via two of the heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ) following each of the two first heat exchangers ( 2 ) in a direction of flow of the hot gases, so that the four separate heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ) are arranged in parallel with each other, and

wherein the two first heat exchangers ( 2 ) have a greater volume as compared to volumes of said second heat exchangers ( 5 ).

2. Device for preheating of cement raw meal for production of cement clinker, comprising

at least two first heat exchangers ( 2 ) connected to a feed end of a cement clinker kiln ( 1 ), and

four separate heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ), each of said heat exchanger-lines comprising second cyclone/fluidized bed-heat exchangers ( 5 ) connected in series, for feeding cement raw meal in counter current to hot gases drawn off through the heat exchanger-line ( 3 , 4 ), wherein

two of the heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ) are connected to and follow each of the first two heat exchangers ( 2 ) in a direction of flow of the hot gases,

said two of the heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ) connected to and following each of the first two heat exchangers ( 2 ) are arranged in parallel with each other, so that said four separate heat exchanger-lines ( 3 , 4 ) are arranged in parallel with each other, and

the two first heat exchangers ( 2 ) have a greater volume as compared to volumes of said second heat exchangers ( 5 ).

3. Device according to claim 2 , wherein the two first heat exchangers ( 2 )

are cyclone/fluidized bed-heat exchangers, and

are connected to a feeding chute for one or more of a precalciner and the clinker kiln ( 1 ).

4. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the two first heat exchangers ( 2 )

are connected to the feeding chute of the clinker kiln ( 1 ), and

have a greater diameter as compared to diameters of the second heat exchangers ( 5 ) following a branching in the direction of flow of the hot gases.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: HOLCIM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: AMRIZE TECHNOLOGY SWITZERLAND LLC
Reel/Frame 073207/0820 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2008
From: GASSER, URS
To: HOLCIM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Reel/Frame 020711/0320 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 1354/2005 · Aug 11, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090098497A1 · Apr 16, 2009