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US 5,572,938 AGranted
Oxygen lancing for production of cement clinker
AssigneePraxair Technology, Inc.
InventorChristopher B. Leger
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Abstract
Oxygen is lanced into the main combustion reaction of a cement kiln to increase heat transfer to the clinker bed and to increase clinker production. Oxygen is separately lanced along the floor, i.e. the lowest wall of the kiln, to delay mixing with the flame to provide deep staging. The deeply staged oxygen flow is adjusted frequently to control emissions and stabilize the burning zone while the primary oxygen flow is maintained constant.
Claims12
A method for producing clinker comprising:
- (A) providing clinker material into a rotary kiln, rotating the kiln, and forming a bed comprising clinker material within the kiln, said bed having a high side and a low side due to the rotating action of the kiln;
- (B) combusting fuel and main oxidant within the kiln in a main combustion reaction to provide heat for converting clinker material to clinker within the kiln;
- (C) lancing primary oxygen into the kiln at a flowrate which is maintained substantially constant for at least a portion of the time that the main combustion reaction is occurring, and intermixing the primary oxygen with the main combustion reaction;
- (D) lancing secondary oxygen into the kiln separately from the primary oxygen at a flowrate which is adjusted one or more times during the time that the flowrate of the primary oxygen is maintained substantially constant, and passing the secondary oxygen along the low side of the bed;
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- (E) recovering clinker from the kiln.
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A method for processing solid aggregate material comprising:
- (A) providing solid aggregate material into a rotary kiln, rotating the kiln, and forming a bed comprising solid aggregate material within the kiln, said bed having a high side and a low side due to the rotating action of the kiln;
- (B) combusting fuel and main oxidant within the kiln in a main combustion reaction to provide heat for processing solid aggregate material within the kiln;
- (C) lancing primary oxygen into the kiln at a flowrate which is maintained substantially constant for at least a portion of the time that the main combustion reaction is occurring, and intermixing the primary oxygen with the main combustion reaction;
- (D) lancing secondary oxygen into the kiln separately from the primary oxygen at a flowrate which is adjusted one or more times during the time the flowrate of the primary oxygen is maintained substantially constant, and passing the secondary oxygen along the low side of the bed;
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- (E) recovering processed aggregate material from the kiln.
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