EP3865801A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur herstellung von zementklinker - Google Patents

Vorrichtung und verfahren zur herstellung von zementklinker Download PDF

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EP3865801A1
EP3865801A1 EP20158040.4A EP20158040A EP3865801A1 EP 3865801 A1 EP3865801 A1 EP 3865801A1 EP 20158040 A EP20158040 A EP 20158040A EP 3865801 A1 EP3865801 A1 EP 3865801A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B7/00—Rotary-drum furnaces, i.e. horizontal or slightly inclined
    • F27B7/20—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to rotary-drum furnaces
    • F27B7/2016—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge
    • F27B7/2025—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge consisting of a single string of cyclones
    • F27B7/2033—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge consisting of a single string of cyclones with means for precalcining the raw material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B7/00—Rotary-drum furnaces, i.e. horizontal or slightly inclined
    • F27B7/20—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to rotary-drum furnaces
    • F27B7/2016—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge
    • F27B7/2041—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge consisting of at least two strings of cyclones with two different admissions of raw material
    • F27B7/205—Arrangements of preheating devices for the charge consisting of at least two strings of cyclones with two different admissions of raw material with precalcining means on the string supplied with exhaust gases from the cooler

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  • the invention relates to a calciner being configured to receive raw meal from a preheater of a cement clinker line and to release calcined raw meal to a kiln of the cement clinker line.
  • the calciner has at least one raw meal duct with a raw meal inlet and a raw meal outlet.
  • a conduit surrounds the duct at least partially or is surrounded at least partially by the duct, to thereby enable an indirect heat transfer from an energy carrier fluid in the conduit via a wall (e.g. of the duct) to raw meal in the duct.
  • the conduit has an inlet for receiving an energy carrier fluid and an outlet for releasing the energy carrier fluid after having transferred at least a portion of its internal energy via the wall to the raw meal in the duct.
  • a static support structure supports at least the duct relative to a base.
  • the invention further relates to a cement clinker line and in particular to a cement clinker line including a calciner and a carbonator.
  • the corresponding chemical reaction is described by the formula CaCO 3 + heat ⁇ CaO + CO 2 , and is thus an endothermal chemical reaction.
  • This reaction is herein referred to as calcination ).
  • Another portion of the CO 2 is produced by burning fuel to thereby provide the thermal energy driving the above endothermic calcination, to sinter the lime with the other constituents of the raw meal to clinker and to produce the electrical power for operating the plant.
  • approximately 50-60% of the released CO 2 are released in the calcination step.
  • the other approximately 50-40% are released by burning fuel (see e.g. Johanna Lehne and Felix Preston, Making Concrete Change Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete, Chatham House Report, London 2018 ).
  • RCC R egenerative C alcium C ycle
  • the RCC consists essentially in capturing CO 2 in flue gases by an exothermal reaction of the CO 2 with CaO to CaCO 3 .
  • the reaction reads CaO + CO 2 ⁇ CaCO 3 +heat, is thus exothermal and referred to as carbonation.
  • the CaCO 3 is decarbonized (i.e. calcined) in a calciner, thereby releasing CO 2 and CaO, enabling to thereby obtain at least essentially pure CO 2 .
  • the CO 2 can be stored, e.g. in geological formations (commonly referred to as CO 2 - sequestration), or used in other processes. In any case it is not released to the environment.
  • the CaO can be subjected to carbonation, again.
  • Raw meal is preheated in a preheater tower.
  • the preheated raw meal is conveyed to a calciner and calcined by direct heat exchange with hot flue gases.
  • the calcined raw meal is provided to a kiln configured to subsequently sinter the calcined raw meal. All CO 2 released in the process is collected and transported as a single flue gas stream through the preheater, cooled down and dedusted.
  • the CO 2 Prior to releasing the flue gas to the environment, the CO 2 is removed from the flue gas by reacting the CO 2 with CaO to CaCO 3 in a carbonator.
  • the CaCO 3 is removed from the carbonator and heated in a second reactor to invert the carbonation, i.e. to subject the CaCO 3 to a calcination thereby releasing essentially pure CO 2 and CaO.
  • CaO and CO 2 are subsequently separated enabling to store the CO 2 and to return the CaO to the carbonator.
  • the advantage of this approach is that the RCC can be retrofitted to existing cement clinker plants while not changing the core of the established clinker process.
  • the accumulated CO 2 is simply removed from the flue gas prior to releasing the flue gas.
  • the RCC is independent from the clinker process.
  • Another approach is the integration of an RCC into the cement clinker process, i.e. the calciner for (pre-)calcination of the raw meal is the source of the CaO being required in the carbonation step of the RCC.
  • the CaCO 3 obtained in the carbonation step is subsequently provided to the calciner to obtain fresh CaO, i.e. a portion of the CaO / CaCO 3 circles in the process.
  • preheated raw meal is provided to a calciner, wherein the calciner is an indirect heat exchanger for heating the CaCO 3 . This enables to remove almost pure CO 2 from the calciner which can be stored or used for other industrial or agricultural purposes.
  • a first portion of the calcined raw meal is provided to the kiln to complete the transformation of the raw meal into clinker.
  • the remaining portion of the calcined raw meal is provided to a carbonator.
  • the CaO in the calcined raw meal reacts with the CO 2 contained in the flue gases from the kiln to CaCO 3 .
  • the flue gases from the kiln are thus subjected to CO 2 -removal.
  • the CO 2 bound in CaCO 3 produced in the carbonator is added to the raw meal entering the calciner, where the CO 2 is released.
  • the invention is based on the observation that the conceptually appealing suggestion of integrating the RCC in the clinker process is not practical due to a lacking possibility to calcine the raw meal throughput of modern cement clinker plants by indirect heat exchange with the calciner as sketched in FR 2 921 059 A1 .
  • the difficulty is presently that no high throughput indirect heat exchange calciners are available, which could be used in modern cement clinker plants producing in the order of 10.000t of clinker per day and more.
  • the problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an indirect heat exchanger based calciner that enables a precise process control of the calcining process, while enabling to integrate the RCC in the clinker process.
  • Another problem is to improve energy efficiency of a clinker process with an integrated RCC.
  • the suggested calciner is a reactor configured for receiving raw meal from a preheater of a cement clinker line, for calcining the raw meal and for providing the calcined and/or pre-calcined raw meal to a kiln of the cement clinker line.
  • the calciner comprises at least one duct.
  • the (at least one) duct provides a reactor space for calcining raw meal, i.e. at least a portion of raw meal inside the volume being defined by the duct is subjected to calcination, in case the calciner is in operation. In operation, at least a portion, preferably more than 50% (even more preferred more than 50%, e.g. more than 60%, 70%, 80%.
  • the duct has an inlet for receiving the raw meal, preferably from a preheater, and an outlet for providing (at least partially) calcined raw meal to a kiln, e.g. via some conveying means (typically another duct, a chute or the like).
  • a duct is formed by a wall enclosing the volume of the duct.
  • Ducts may be bent and do not necessarily have a constant cross section along their lengths, but vastly simplifying ducts can be considered as cylindrical objects (for the definition of a cylinder see Bronstein, Semendyayev, Musio & Muehlig Handbook of Mathematics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, 5th ed.; Chapter 3.3.4 ; cylinders may have circular and non-circular direction curves and thus corresponding cross sections, herein ducts with a circular cylindrical volume are preferred).
  • the calciner further has at least one conduit.
  • a conduit is essentially the same as a duct, both enable a flow of fluid from at least one inlet to at least one outlet.
  • the calciner has a first duct (see above) and a second duct (the conduit).
  • duct and conduit to verbally distinguish between two structural elements, wherein a duct is a raw meal duct configured to enable a flow of raw meal (unless explicitly specified differently) and a conduit is an energy carrier conduit (unless explicitly specified differently).
  • the conduit is configured to receive an energy carrier fluid via at least one inlet and to release the energy carrier fluid (or its residues) via at least one exit.
  • the energy carrier fluid may undergo chemical reactions in the fluid to thereby heat up, i.e. the energy carrier fluid entering the conduit is not necessarily chemically the same as the energy carrier fluid which is removed from the conduit via the at least one exit.
  • the energy carrier fluid may comprise fuel and oxygen.
  • the energy carrier fluid may be a gas or a mixture of gases. It may transport fluidized particulate matter, e.g. clinker dust, raw meal, fuel, etc.
  • the volumes of the duct and the conduit may be separated by a wall, e.g. by a sheet metal wall.
  • the wall enables an indirect heat exchange between the raw meal in the duct and the energy carrier fluid in the conduit, while maintaining separation of duct volume from the conduit volume.
  • the wall may be considered as a heat sink, which may be heated by a thermal contact with the energy carrier fluid and/or radiant heat being released by the energy carrier fluid. In other words, energy being transported by the energy carrier fluid heats the wall separating the volume of the duct from the volume of the conduit.
  • the raw meal at the opposite side of the wall in the duct may thus be heated up by thermal contact with the wall and by radiant heat being emitted by the wall into the volume of the duct.
  • the wall may thus be cooled by the raw meal which in turn heats up and the CaCO 3 in the raw meal decomposes into CaO and CO 2 .
  • the energy transferred via the wall from the energy carrier fluid to the raw meal drives the endothermal calcination of the CaCO 3 in the raw meal.
  • the at least one conduit may surround the at least one duct (hereinafter simply "duct” or “duct(s)”) at least partially, or more generally surround at least one of the at least one ducts at least partially.
  • the conduit encloses the duct, i.e. the conduit surrounds the perimeter of the duct at least in a section of the duct's length.
  • at least a section of the conduit and the duct may be positioned coaxially.
  • the volume of the conduit does not necessarily have the shape of a full cylinder, but can be a hollow cylinder. This configuration provides for an efficient heat exchange between the conduit and the duct via the wall.
  • the wall may define the outer perimeter of the duct and the inner boundary of the conduit.
  • the conduit is at least partially surrounded by the duct.
  • the effect is essentially the same as explained above and the previous paragraph can be read mutatis mutandis, i.e. the terms duct and conduit can simply be replaced by each other.
  • the volumes of the conduit and the duct are separated by the wall, i.e. there is no fluid communication between the volume of the duct and the volume of the conduit, while enabling in operation an indirect heat transfer from the energy carrier fluid in the at least one conduit via the wall to raw meal flowing at the other side of the wall, i.e. in the duct.
  • the calciner comprises a static support structure.
  • the static support structure is configured for supporting at least the duct relative to a base.
  • the static support structure can of course support the conduit as well.
  • At least one bearing rotatably supports at least the duct relative to the support structure.
  • the bearing thus defines a rotational axis around which at least the duct, preferably at least the duct and the conduit, can rotate.
  • the calciner may further comprise a drive being coupled (directly or indirectly) with the duct to drive a rotation of the duct relative to the static support structure.
  • the drive may for example comprise a motor with a shaft being coupled by a transmission to the duct.
  • the rotational motion of the duct contributes to a homogeneous energy transfer from the wall to the raw meal in the duct and thus increases the efficiency of the calciner.
  • the rotational motion the exposure time of the raw meal can be controlled.
  • angular velocity of the duct increases the conveying speed of the raw meal and thus decreases the exposure time of the raw meal (and vice versa). So called “dead-burnt lime” can be avoided as well as incomplete calcination of the raw meal.
  • the angular velocity of the duct can be adjusted in operation by simply controlling the drive, e.g. in response to variations in the flow rate of raw meal entering the duct's inlet, to variations of the thermal energy being provided by the energy carrier, etc..
  • the at least one bearing rotatably supports the duct and the conduit relative to the support structure.
  • the at least one duct and the at least one conduit may form a rotatable (in operation rotating) heat exchanger unit.
  • the conduit may support the duct relative to the at least one bearing.
  • the duct can be attached to the conduit and the conduit may be attached to or have a bearing surface forming part of the bearing.
  • the rotational axis is preferably inclined against the horizontal direction.
  • the inclination may be smaller equal 20°, smaller equal 15°, smaller equal 10°, or less.
  • the raw meal exit is (preferably slightly) lower than the raw meal inlet.
  • the raw meal transport in the duct is at least in part gravity induced, expensive spiral or screw inserts in the duct configured for conveying the raw meal uphill can be completely omitted or reduced to a minimum.
  • the height difference h between the raw meal inlet of a duct and the raw meal outlet of the same duct is smaller equal than a fourth of the length l of the calciner, preferably smaller equal than an eight of the length of the calciner, particularly preferred smaller equal than a tenth of the length of the calciner or smaller (i.e. h ⁇ 1 4 ⁇ l , h ⁇ 1 8 ⁇ l or h ⁇ 1 10 ⁇ l ) .
  • the length l of the calciner is the distance from its raw meal inlet to its calcined raw meal outlet.
  • the mean slope i.e.
  • the inclination) ⁇ of the duct is in the order of a few %, e.g. ⁇ ⁇ 10%, preferably 10% ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 0%, more preferred 7,5% ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1%, even more preferred 6% ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2%.
  • the flow direction of the energy carrier fluid is preferably countercurrent (opposite) to the flow direction of the raw meal in the duct. Thereby, heat transfer is enhanced.
  • the longitudinal extension of the duct can be reduced, thereby reducing construction cost.
  • the duct and/or the conduit may have a longitudinal axis and this longitudinal axis may be at least essentially parallel to the rotational axis.
  • Essentially parallel means preferably parallel, but deviations, e.g. within ⁇ 30° (preferred: within ⁇ 15°, more preferred: ⁇ 10° or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 1°, ...) are accepted.
  • the parallel alignment simplifies the construction as will be apparent below. A definition for parallel lines is provided in the above specified Handbook of Mathematics, Chapter 3.5.3.4, Sec.7.
  • parallel means that the axes are parallel, if they have a constant distance along their extension.
  • parallel is to be understood in that the center of the respective duct (i.e. the duct's neutral phase) maintains an at least essentially constant distance to the rotational axis, wherein at least essentially constant means preferably constant or constant within ⁇ 25% of the mean distance, more preferred: ⁇ 10% or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5%, ⁇ 2.5%, ⁇ 1%, ....
  • the calciner may have at least two of the ducts (e.g. three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or any reasonable number), preferably being arranged at least essentially in parallel (parallel within ⁇ 30°, preferred: within ⁇ 15°, more preferred: ⁇ 10° or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 1°, ...) to each other.
  • the ducts e.g. three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or any reasonable number
  • the ducts are not straight, this is to be understood such that they are preferably congruent and that the centers (the neutral phases) of the (e.g., three) ducts maintain an at least essentially constant distance to each other (at least essentially constant means constant within ⁇ 25%, more preferred: ⁇ 10% or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5%, ⁇ 2.5%, ⁇ 1%, ).
  • This arrangement has a number of advantages:
  • the ducts may be attached to each other, e.g. via a support structure (it may be considered that the duct walls in operation may heat up to about 1000°C or more).
  • having multiple ducts enables to increase the accumulated cross sectional area of the ducts (and thus the amount of raw meal the calciner may process at a given point in time) while maintaining the proportion of the surface being available for a heat exchange between the energy carrier fluid and the raw meal, i.e. the capacity (in units (e.g. tons) of calcined raw material per unit of time) can be increased without increasing the time of exposure of the raw meal in the calciner (avoiding "dead-burnt" lime) and reducing the length of the calciner (measured in the direction of the rotational axis).
  • the capacity in units (e.g. tons) of calcined raw material per unit of time
  • the (at least e.g., three) ducts may be (preferably jointly) rotatably supported by the at least one bearing and driven synchronously by the at least one drive.
  • the center of gravity of the e.g., at least three ducts is preferably centered at least essentially on the rotational axis (at least essentially centered means centered or centered within ⁇ 25% of the mean distance of the centers of the ducts to the rotational axis, more preferred: ⁇ 10% or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5%, ⁇ 2.5%, ⁇ 1% of said mean distance).
  • Each of these optional, but preferred features reduces construction and maintenance costs, while at the same time reducing fluctuations in the raw meal flow rate measured at the raw meal exit. It is to be noted that the number of ducts "three" is only an example of "at least two", throughout the entire application.
  • the (e.g., at least three) ducts are jointly positioned in a single conduit having a peripheral conduit wall.
  • the interstices between the walls defining neighbored ducts and between the ducts and the conduit wall define the conduit volume.
  • the (e.g., at least three) ducts are each positioned in a separate conduit.
  • This example has the advantage of a more uniform heat distribution in the ducts, of reducing fatigue of the material and thus allow for a reduction of the material thickness, e.g., of the wall separating the duct's volume from the conduit's volume. This contributes to lower construction costs and better heat transfer between the conduit and the respective duct, further reducing construction cost (the wall surface can be dimensioned smaller) as well as operating costs.
  • the separate conduits and/or ducts are supported by at least one longitudinal beam.
  • This enables to support the duct and the conduit using constructional elements that are not (at least less) exposed to the heat being required to initiate calcination. This provides a more stable and cheaper construction. Further, sagging of the duct(s) and the conduit(s) is reduced, reducing fatigue of the conduit wall(s) and the duct wall(s).
  • the bearing may be attached to the at least one longitudinal beam or integrated at least in part in the longitudinal beam.
  • the longitudinal beam may enclose the conduits and the ducts.
  • the longitudinal beam is tubular and has a longitudinal axis.
  • the longitudinal beam's longitudinal axis is preferably at least essentially parallel (parallel within ⁇ 30°, preferred: within ⁇ 15°, more preferred: ⁇ 10° or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 1°, ...) to the rotational axis.
  • the longitudinal beam is thermally insulated from the conduit and/or the duct (and vice versa).
  • thermal insulation can be obtained by positioning at least one of a layer of refractory bricks, concrete, concrete foam, thermal resistant foam, mineral wool, or the like in between of the (at least one) longitudinal beam and at least one of the conduit(s) and the duct(s).
  • the thermal insulation not only reduces thermal losses, but as well enables to maintain the temperature of the longitudinal beam comparatively low. The latter has the positive effect of reducing the construction costs, as high-temperature resistant steel can be replaced by a cheaper material.
  • the insulating material may be attached to the longitudinal beam, and/or to at least one of the conduit and/or duct. Thermally insulating material is any material that reduces the thermal energy flow rate from the conduit(s)/duct(s) to the at least one longitudinal beam.
  • the conduits and/or the ducts are preferably radially supported by at least one carrier while preferably enabling a longitudinal displacement of the conduits and/or ducts, respectively, relative to the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal beam.
  • the carrier(s) may provide a suspension in the radial direction (radial within ⁇ 30°, preferred: within ⁇ 15°, more preferred: ⁇ 10° or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 1°, ...), while enabling the conduits and/or the ducts to float relative to the longitudinal beam's longitudinal axis, e.g. by means of plain bearings.
  • Blocks may limit the longitudinal displacement.
  • the longitudinal displacement reduces stress of the conduit(s) and/or duct(s), e.g. due to thermal expansion and/or subsequent contraction, thereby reducing installation and maintenance costs.
  • the carrier(s) may extend through the optional insulating layer, but as the carrier(s) can have a small cross sectional area (referencing to the plane being orthogonal to the temperature gradient), the heat transfer via the carrier(s) is comparatively small.
  • the carriers may be one or more discs, e.g., of sheet metal having through holes for the at least one conduit(s) and/or ducts(s).
  • the radial end section(s) of the disc(s) may be attached to the longitudinal beam.
  • the conduit(s) and/or the ducts(s) may be positioned radially and in the circumferential direction.
  • the mechanical stress on the conduit(s) and /or duct(s) can be reduced, allowing to decrease the wall thickness and thus enhance the thermal energy transport from the energy carrier fluid via the wall to the raw meal.
  • a torque can be transmitted from the longitudinal beam via the carrier(s) to the conduits and/or beam(s).
  • coupling the longitudinal beam to a rotational drive may drive the rotation of the conduit(s) and/or duct(s).
  • the drive may thus be attached to a cold (less hot) portion of the calciner, which again contributes to enhance longevity and to reduce construction costs.
  • a number of carriers may be attached to each other thereby forming a carrier structure having a disc like shape. This simplifies manufacture of the disc and eases transportation of the parts to the construction site, where the calciner is installed.
  • the carrier(s) preferably have an at least essentially congruent shape.
  • the at least one longitudinal beam may comprise or consist of a hollow profile defining a volume.
  • the longitudinal beam may be or comprise a tube or resemble a tube.
  • the separate conduits may be positioned in the volume of the hollow profile, e.g. in the given example, the conduits may be aligned in the tube.
  • the outer surface of the hollow profile may provide a bearing surface of said bearing or support a bearing ring of the bearing.
  • the hollow profile may comprise insulating material, reducing thermal losses.
  • the components inside the hollow profile are protected from weather and mechanical impacts.
  • the at least one duct has at least one baffle plate.
  • the baffle plate may be of some sheet material.
  • the baffle plate is preferably in thermal contact with said wall, thereby forming part of the heat sink, i.e. the heat transfer surface is increased, reducing the required length of the duct and the exposure time of the raw meal in the duct.
  • the baffle plate effectively mixes the raw meal in the duct due to the rotation of the duct and thus contributes to a homogeneous heat transfer to the raw meal.
  • the at least one baffle plate preferably extends into the volume of the duct and has a longitudinal extension in the direction of raw meal transport.
  • the baffle plate may be inclined relative to the direction of raw meal transport, i.e.
  • baffle plate which depending on the direction of the screw segment's slope may be configured to increase or decrease the conveying speed of the raw meal at a given angular velocity of the respective duct.
  • the calciner comprises an energy carrier fluid inlet and an energy carrier fluid outlet.
  • the energy carrier fluid inlet and/or the energy fluid carrier outlet preferably comprise(s) a pipe being at least essentially aligned and at least essentially coaxial to the rotational axis, wherein the inlet end of the pipe is connected to, or integrally forms a part of a rotary joint.
  • This configuration eases providing and/or removing the heat carrier fluid to and/or from, respectively the rotating portion of the calciner.
  • connection pipes may distribute and/or collect the heat carrier fluid to and/or from the conduit(s).
  • the calciner is preferably installed or configured for being installed in a cement clinker line (i.e. all other components of the cement clinker line are optional).
  • the calciner's raw meal inlet may be connected via some conveying means with a raw meal exit of a raw meal preheater.
  • the raw meal exit of the calciner may be connected to a kiln to provide at least a (first) portion of the calcined raw meal to the kiln for further processing to clinker.
  • a portion of the calcined raw meal may be provided by conveying means to an optional carbonator.
  • the calcined raw meal exit of the calciner may thus preferably be connected or at least configured to be connected, e.g.
  • the optional carbonator may be a reactor receiving flue gas (e.g. from the kiln and/or the energy carrier fluid exit of the calciner) and a (second) portion of the calcined raw meal being released by the calciner's raw meal exit.
  • flue gas e.g. from the kiln and/or the energy carrier fluid exit of the calciner
  • second portion of the calcined raw meal being released by the calciner's raw meal exit.
  • the CaO of the calcined raw meal reacts with CO 2 to CaCO 3 , thereby removing the CO 2 from the flue gases.
  • some conveying means e.g.
  • the carbonator may have a raw meal exit being connected to the calciner's raw meal inlet.
  • the CO 2 being released in calciner is preferably provided from the calciner to a heat exchanger, to cool the CO 2 down.
  • the heat thereby recuperated can be used as process heat in the clinker process, for example for preheating primary or secondary air provided to the kiln, for drying raw meal and/or for preheating raw meal.
  • the heat may be used to heat and/or generate steam.
  • the steam may subsequently be decompressed, e.g. using a turbine to thereby obtain mechanical power, which may be converted by a generator into electrical power.
  • the energy carrier fluid may be or comprise flue gas (e.g., from the kiln and/or a separate combustion reactor) and/or tertiary air (e.g. which may have been heated in a clinker cooler) and/or fuel being fired directly in a conduit.
  • flue gas e.g., from the kiln and/or a separate combustion reactor
  • tertiary air e.g. which may have been heated in a clinker cooler
  • Fuel is understood herein as combustible matter, be it fluid, gaseous, solid or a mixture of different combustible matters.
  • the optional carbonator is a reactor with a flue gas inlet and a flue gas outlet.
  • the flue gas inlet may be connected with a flue gas source, e.g. the kiln's exhaust and/or the energy carrier outlet of the calciner.
  • the flue gas may be mixed with calcined raw meal, e.g. using a cyclone, at the inlet of the carbonator.
  • the carbonator may have a separate CaO inlet as well referred to herein as lime inlet or calcined raw meal inlet.
  • the flue gas and the lime may be conveyed through the carbonator while carbonation takes place, thereby the lime is converted into CaCO 3 .
  • the calcined raw meal is converted into non-calcined raw meal (simply raw meal, herein).
  • CO 2 is removed from the flue gas, yielding CO 2 -lean flue gas, hereinafter lean gas for short.
  • the carbonator has at least one outlet configured to release the raw-meal and the lean gas.
  • the lean gas and the raw meal may be separated, e.g. using a filter and/or a precipitator, e.g., a ceramic filter and/or a cyclone and/or electrostatic precipitator and/or any other appropriate gas-dust separation apparatus.
  • the invention as well relates to a method for operating a cement clinker line and to a corresponding cement clinker line.
  • the method may comprise for example at least one of preheating a first stream of raw meal, calcining the preheated raw meal in a calciner thereby obtaining at least partially calcined raw meal by indirect transfer of thermal energy from a heat carrier fluid to the preheated raw meal.
  • the CO 2 -stream and the heat carrier fluid leave the calciner as distinct streams.
  • a first portion of the calcined raw meal may be sintered in a kiln to cement clinker, whereas a second portion of the calcined raw meal may be fed to the carbonator to react with flue gases from the kiln and/or from a combustion reactor for heating a heat-carrier fluid being provided to the calciner, thereby obtaining by said carbonating a CO 2 -lean flue gas stream and a second stream of raw meal, as explained above.
  • the second stream of raw meal can be mixed with the first stream of raw meal upstream of the calciner, e.g. in the preheater.
  • the flue gases being provided to the carbonator are cooled prior to reacting with the second portion of the calcined raw meal.
  • This cooling step may for example comprise splitting the CO 2 -lean flue gas stream in at least two portions, wherein a first portion of the CO 2 -lean flue gas is used as heat source for preheating the raw meal and a second portion is cooled down.
  • the cooled CO 2 -lean flue gas may be injected into the flue gas stream upstream to the carbonator to cool the flue gas stream prior to the carbonation step.
  • the second portion of the of the CO 2 -lean flue gas may be cooled in an indirect heat exchanger, thereby heating a fluid up.
  • the thermal energy transferred in the indirect heat exchanger to the fluid may at least partially be converted into mechanical energy by feeding the heated fluid to a turbine.
  • the fluid may be water and the indirect heat exchanger may be a steam boiler or a stage thereof.
  • At least a first portion of the lean gas portion may be provided via a connection to the hot inlet of a heat exchanger (preferably an indirect heat exchanger) and removed from the cold outlet of the heat exchanger, thereby heating a fluid up, wherein the fluid enters the heat exchanger via a cold inlet and exits the heat exchanger via a hot outlet.
  • the lean gas may be cooled down, while in turn another fluid is heated up.
  • the heat exchanger is a steam boiler or a stage of a steam boiler, wherein the steam boiler may be configured to drive a turbine being coupled with a generator.
  • the cooled lean gas may be used to cool the flue gas stream prior to entering the carbonator.
  • the cooled flue gas stream may be used to cool the second portion of the calcined raw meal stream down prior to providing it to the carbonator.
  • a fan (as a pars pro toto of pressure differential generating apparatus) may be installed downstream of the cold gas exit of the heat exchanger, sucking at least a portion of the lean gas through the heat exchanger.
  • the optional second portion may be provided for example as energy source to a raw meal preheater.
  • the cold exit of the heat exchanger may be connected to the inlet of the carbonator or to a mixing chamber upstream the carbonator inlet to thereby cool the flue gas from the kiln and/or the calciner down prior to providing it to the carbonator inlet.
  • the hot flue gases can be cooled down, e.g., from typically 1000°C-800°C to, e.g., about 400 - 650°C.
  • cooling down can be obtained by a heat exchanger (e.g. a steam boiler) or by mixing the flue gas being provided to the carbonator inlet with ambient air, to thereby cool the flue gas to a temperature where carbonation takes place.
  • a heat exchanger e.g. a steam boiler
  • the flue gas may be cooled down in an indirect heat exchanger, thereby heating a fluid up.
  • thermal energy transferred in the indirect heat exchanger to the fluid may at least partially be converted into mechanical energy by feeding the heated fluid to a turbine.
  • the fluid may be water and the indirect heat exchanger may be a steam boiler or a stage thereof.
  • Urea CO(NH 2 ) 2
  • another reducing chemical e.g. ammonia (NH 3 )
  • NH 3 ammonia
  • the urea reacts with nitrogen oxides (in this example) to nitrogen (N 2 ), CO 2 and water. This reaction is called S elective N on- C atalytic R eduction (SNCR) and reduces the NO x in the flue gas.
  • An SNCR at this position in the cement clinker plant has the advantage that the CO 2 being released in the SNCR process is as well subjected to removal from the flue gas stream in the carbonator and that the additional installation costs for installing and operating a catalysator enabling de-nitrification at lower temperature levels, e.g., downstream the raw meal preheater, can be omitted.
  • the kiln has a flue gas exit side.
  • the calcined raw meal exit of the calciner is in the proximity of the flue gas exit side.
  • Proximity means that the distance d between the calciner's calcined raw meal exit and the kiln's flue gas exit side is smaller equal than three times the kiln's diameter 2 . r k , i.e. smaller equal 6 times the kiln's outer radius r k .
  • d ⁇ 6 ⁇ r k preferably d ⁇ 4 ⁇ r k , even more preferred d ⁇ 2 ⁇ r k , d ⁇ r k or even better, e.g., 2d ⁇ r k .
  • the horizontal distance d is smaller equal 5m ( d ⁇ 5 m ), even more preferred smaller equal 2.5 ( d ⁇ 2.5 m ), smaller equal 1.5 ( d ⁇ 1.5 m ) or less (e.g. d ⁇ 1 m ).
  • This direct feed is further supported, if the vertical distance h between the lower edge of the calciner's raw meal outlet and the lower edge of the kiln's raw meal inlet is preferably small as well, e.g. d is smaller equal 6m ( h ⁇ 6 m ), even more preferred smaller equal 3m ( h ⁇ 3 m ), smaller equal 1.5 ( h ⁇ 1.5 m ) or less (e.g. h ⁇ 1 m ).
  • the hot flue gas from the kiln may be provided as well at least almost directly to the calciner's energy carrier fluid inlet.
  • construction costs are reduced.
  • Further operating costs are reduced as well, as thermal losses can be reduced to a minimum.
  • the kiln's flue gas exit may be connected to some hot gas dedusting means, e.g. to a cyclone, a ceramic filter or the like.
  • the gas outlet of the gas dedusting means may be connected to the calciner's energy carrier inlet.
  • the advantage of the optional dedusting step is that the conduit of the calciner is not exposed to abrasive dust, however, removing the dust particles as well removes the thermal energy transported with this hot particulate matter from the energy carrier stream. The removed thermal energy can thus not be used in the calciner for calcination.
  • the calciner's rotational axis and the kiln's longitudinal axis may be aligned, parallel or are at least essentially parallel (parallel within ⁇ 30°, preferred: within ⁇ 15°, more preferred: ⁇ 10° or even less, e.g., ⁇ 5°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 1°, ).
  • This arrangement further simplifies transportation of the calcined raw meal to the kiln.
  • the calciner as described above is an indirect heat exchanger, receiving a heat carrier fluid at its hot inlet and releasing the heat carrier fluid at its cold outlet.
  • the preferably preheated but not yet calcined raw meal is provided to the cold inlet of the heat exchanger and the calcined raw meal is released via the hot outlet of the heat exchanger.
  • the CO 2 being released, as well, leaves the calciner via the same or another hot outlet.
  • the heat carrier fluid can be replaced at least partially by an electrical current.
  • the electrical current drives at least one electrical heating element(s), being in thermal contact with raw meal in the rotationally supported duct(s) of the calciner. Only to avoid any confusion, the electrical heating may provide a portion of the thermal energy required for calcination or entirely replace the energy being provided by the energy carrier fluid being described above.
  • the electrical heating element(s) may be integrated into a wall defining at least a portion of the contour of the duct(s). Alternatively or in addition, at least one electrical heating element may be thermally attached to the wall. In this sense, electrical heating elements can be considered as the conduit being described above or as an auxiliary conduit in case of a partial substitution of the energy carrier fluid. Accordingly, the electrical current can thus be considered the energy carrier fluid or as an auxiliary energy carrier fluid, respectively.
  • the calciner is heated at least partially electrically, at least a portion of the thermal energy of the kiln's flue gas can be used to heat steam for driving at least one steam turbine(s).
  • the kiln's exhaust may be connected to the hot inlet of a steam boiler.
  • the thereby produced steam may be provided to the steam turbine(s), which have a drive shaft.
  • the drive shaft is preferably coupled to the rotor of a generator for converting kinetic energy into electric energy.
  • at least a portion of the heat being recuperated in the clinker cooler can be used at least in part to produce steam, driving the at least one steam turbine.
  • the socalled tertiary air stream may be dedusted (e.g. using a cyclone) and provided to the hot inlet of a steam boiler.
  • the electrical current being produced by the generator(s) can be used for example to heat the calciner electrically, at least in part.
  • connection or is connected to indicated that a flow of matter (like raw meal, CO 2 , fuel, clinker, etc.) is conveyed from one processing means to another.
  • processing means are a kiln, a calciner, a carbonator, a heat exchanger, a cyclone, a precipitator, a filter, etc..
  • the connection is as well referred to as conveying means.
  • the conveying means i.e. the connection
  • the connection may be a chute, a pipe or tube.
  • other conveying means /connections can as well be used.
  • a tube is essentially the same as a conduit and duct. Only to verbally distinguish from the conduit and duct of the calciner described above, we use the term tube unless the conduit or duct of the calciner is referred to.
  • FIG 1A a preferred embodiment of a cement clinker line 1 with an integrated RCC is schematically shown:
  • Raw meal 100 enters a preheater 20.
  • Preheated raw meal 102 is withdrawn from the preheater 20 and provided to a raw meal inlet 185 of a calciner 18.
  • the calciner 18 is an indirect heat exchanger having an energy carrier fluid inlet 181 and an energy carrier fluid outlet 182 (see as well Fig. 1B ).
  • the energy carrier fluid 180 may be a flue gas from the kiln 10 and/or an optional combustion reactor 16.
  • the optional combustion reactor 16 burns fuel 161, e.g. using tertiary air 140 provided by an optional clinker cooler 12 via an optional tertiary air duct 14 (see Fig. 1A ).
  • the combustion reactor 16 may be integrally formed with a conduit 340 (see e.g. Fig. 1B , 2A , 2B and 3 ) of the calciner 18 or, as shown, upstream the hot energy carrier fluid inlet 181.
  • the preheated raw meal 102 is calcined.
  • the CaCO 3 in the preheated raw meal 102 as provided by the preheater 20 is decomposed, essentially into CaO and CO 2 .
  • the decomposition may be incomplete, but the calcined raw meal 108 comprises CaO (typically more than 50% of the initially available CaCO 3 has been decomposed, preferably more than 60%, even more preferred more than 75%, 90%, 95% of the initially available CaCO 3 ).
  • a gas-dust separation may provide essentially pure CO 2 which can be removed from the process via a CO 2 -outlet 187.
  • the CO 2 may potentially be diluted with vapors of constituents of the raw meal 102 which evaporate in the calciner 18 (e.g. water, mercury (Hg), chlorides, etc.). Depending of the process conditions and the subsequent designation of the CO 2 , these impurities may be removed by further processing of the CO 2 -stream or not.
  • the still hot CO 2 is preferably cooled down, as indicated by an optional heat exchanger 25. The thereby recuperated heat may be used as process heat in the clinker manufacturing process and/or used to heat steam.
  • the calcined raw meal 108 may be withdrawn from the calciner 18 via a calcined raw meal outlet 186 and the calcined raw meal stream 108 may be separated into a first portion 108a and second portion108b (see Fig. 1A and Fig. 1B ).
  • the first portion 108a of the calcined raw meal stream 108 may be provided to the kiln 10.
  • the calcined raw meal 108 may be sintered to cement clinker 109.
  • the cement clinker 109 may preferably be cooled down in a clinker cooler 12 and can be subjected to further processing, e.g. milling.
  • another portion 108b of the calcined raw meal 108 may be provided via a CaO-inlet 285 to a carbonator 28.
  • the carbonator 28 may preferably be integrated into the preheater 20 and thus be a portion of the preheater 20.
  • the carbonator may receive flue gas from the kiln and optionally from an optional combustion reactor 16 or as well from other CO 2 -sources.
  • the optional combustion reactor 16 may be integrated in the calciner 18.
  • the flue gas from the kiln 10 and optionally from the optional combustion reactor 16 may be provided from the flue gas outlet 182 of the calciner 18 to a flue gas inlet 281 of the carbonator 28 (see Fig. 1A ).
  • a reductant 17, e.g. urea (CO(NH 2 ) 2 ) and/or ammonia (NH 3 , e.g. aqueous NH 3 ) may optionally be injected into the flue gas while it flows from the calciner 18 to the carbonator 28.
  • the injection takes place between the flue gas outlet 182 of the calciner 18 and the flue gas inlet 281 of the carbonator 28, to thereby reduce nitrogen oxides in the flue gas.
  • CO 2 comprised in the flue gas 111 provided to the carbonator 28 reacts in the carbonator 28 with the CaO in the second portion 108b of the calcined raw meal 108 in an exothermal reaction to CaCO 3 .
  • the flue gases heat up, unless the heat is directly dissipated by a housing of the carbonator (optional).
  • the second portion 108b of the calcined raw meal 108 is thereby essentially converted back to raw meal and heated up by the exothermal reaction.
  • the CO 2 -lean flue gas ( lean gas ) and the raw meal is provided to an optional preheater cyclone 23.
  • the raw meal may remain in the process, i.e.
  • the CO 2 -lean flue gas may be provided back to the calciner 18 (e.g. via optional cyclone 22), while the CO 2 -lean flue gas is preferably dedusted (e.g. by optional dedusting means 19) and may be subjected to further cleaning steps (e.g. desulfurization, mercury removal, NO x -reduction, etc.) prior to being released.
  • a portion of the (preferably dedusted) lean gas may be branched off from the raw meal preheater 20 and provided to a hot gas inlet 61 of a heat exchanger 60.
  • the lean gas may be cooled down and the corresponding thermal energy may be transferred to a fluid which in turn heats up.
  • the transferred thermal energy may be used as process heat in the clinker process and/or as schematically indicated feed to an optional turbine driving an optional generator.
  • the cooled lean gas exits the heat exchanger 60 at a cold gas outlet 62 and may be provided to the flue gas inlet 281 of the carbonator 28, thereby mixing with hot flue gas from the calciner 18, e.g. as depicted here in a cyclone 22, and cooling the flue gas down to for example about 400-650°C, i.e. to a temperature where carbonation takes place.
  • the lean gas may as well (alternatively or in addition) be cooled using water 209 or by means of mixing with ambient air or another fluid (regardless of being liquid or gaseous).
  • Another option is to cool the hot flue gas as released from the calciner (and/or the kiln) using an indirect heat exchanger 65, i.e. the cold inlet of heat exchanger 65 may be connected, e.g. via some dedusting apparatus (see optional cyclone 22), to the energy carrier fluid outlet 182 of the calciner 18.
  • an indirect heat exchanger 65 i.e. the cold inlet of heat exchanger 65 may be connected, e.g. via some dedusting apparatus (see optional cyclone 22), to the energy carrier fluid outlet 182 of the calciner 18.
  • the calciner 18 has an energy carrier fluid inlet 181. Via this an energy carrier fluid inlet 181, the calciner 18 may receive via a connection hot flue gas from the kiln 10. Alternatively or in addition, the energy carrier fluid inlet 181 may receive at least a portion of preheated air (e.g. tertiary air 140) being drawn from the clinker cooler via a so called tertiary air duct 14 (optional). The tertiary air 140 may optionally be further heated by burning fuel 161 in a combustion reactor 16. Numerous of these combustion reactors 16 have been suggested in the past and we reference for simplicity only to EP 2 868 636 B1 and documents cited therein. The content of EP 2 868 636 B1 and documents cited therein shall be considered to be included herein by reference as if fully set forth. It is further noted that the optional combustion reactor 16 may be integrated into the calciner, thereby reducing heat transmission losses.
  • preheated air e.g. tertiary air 140
  • an example calciner 18 is sketched in Fig. 2B .
  • the calciner 18 has an energy carrier fluid inlet 181, configured to receive hot fluid, e.g. flue gas from the kiln 10 and/or from another combustion reactor 16.
  • the energy carrier fluid 180 may enter the calciner 18 and is provided to conduits 340.
  • the conduits 340 each have a conduit shell 350, enclosing a wall 330 separating the conduit 340 from a raw meal duct 320.
  • the energy carrier fluid 180 flowing from the energy carrier inlet 181 to the energy carrier outlet 182 provides heat via the wall 330 to preheated raw meal 102 in the raw meal duct 320.
  • the raw meal 102 is thus heated up and converted to calcined raw meal, i.e. CaCO 3 in the preheated raw meal 102 decays into CaO and CO 2 .
  • the CO 2 leaves the calciner via a CO 2 outlet 187.
  • the calcined raw meal 108 leaves the calciner 18 via calcined raw meal outlet 186 and may be provided to the kiln 12 and/or a carbonator 28 (see Fig. 1A ).
  • the duct 320 and the conduit 340 are preferably supported by and/or inside an optional tubular longitudinal beam 385, e.g. via carriers 370 as depicted in Fig. 2A and 2B . Another optional central longitudinal beam 375 may be provided alternatively or in addition.
  • the ducts 320 and the conduits 340 are rotatably supported and driven to rotate around the rotational axis 2. The bearing and the drive are symbolized by the rotational axis 2.
  • Fig. 1C shows a preferred example of positioning a calciner 18 relative to kiln 12 (see Fig. 1A ), e.g. one of the example calciners 18 discussed herein, relative to a kiln 12.
  • the same reference numerals are used as in Fig. 1A , 1B and 2A to 3 , and generally the description of Figs. 1A , 1B , 2A , 2B and 3 can be read on Fig. 1C , as well, although for simplicity not any detail is repeatedly shown.
  • the calciner 18 has a rotational axis 2
  • the kiln 10 has a rotational axis 3.
  • the kiln 12 has a secondary air inlet side 101 and flue gas outlet side 103.
  • the flue gas outlet side 103 of the kiln at least essentially faces the raw meal outlet side of the calciner 18, thereby enabling an at least almost direct raw meal feed (see arrow 108a) from the calciner's calcined raw meal outlet 186 to the kiln 10.
  • the hot flue gas may be fed at least almost directly to the energy carrier fluid inlet 181 of the calciner 18.
  • transportation distances of the energy carrier fluid 180 as well as of the calcined raw meal 108 can be minimized. This measure reduces installation cost and at the same time enhances the cement clinker line's efficiency, because thermal losses are as well reduced by said position.
  • the rotational axes 2 and 3 are depicted almost parallel to each other. Indeed, this is a preferred example, but the technical effect is obtained by positioning the flue gas exit side 102 of the kiln 12 in the proximity of the calcined raw meal outlet 186 of the calciner 18, wherein proximity means in this context within a distance d being smaller than three times the diameter (2 ⁇ r k ) of the kiln ( d ⁇ 6 ⁇ r k ) , preferably less than twice the diameter of the kiln( d ⁇ 4 ⁇ r k ) , even more preferred once the diameter of the kiln ( d ⁇ 2 ⁇ r k ) or d ⁇ r k or even 2 d ⁇ r k .
  • the horizontal distance d is smaller equal 5m ( d ⁇ 5 m ), even more preferred smaller equal 2.5 ( d ⁇ 2.5 m ), smaller equal 1.5 ( d ⁇ 1.5 m ) or less (e.g. d ⁇ 1 m ) .
  • This enables to essentially directly feed a stream of precalcined raw meal from the calciner to the kiln's raw meal inlet.
  • the vertical distance h (not indicated in the figure) between the lower edge of the calciner's raw meal outlet and the lower edge of the kiln's raw meal inlet is preferably small as well, e.g. d is smaller equal 6m ( h ⁇ 6 m ), even more preferred smaller equal 3m ( h ⁇ 3 m ), smaller equal 1.5 ( h ⁇ 1.5 m ) or less (e.g. h ⁇ 1 m ).
  • the angle defined by the two axes 2, 3 can be varied, an alignment is not required, but preferred. At least one these two axes 2, 3 is, preferably both are, slightly inclined in the raw meal conveying direction, e.g. a few percent as explained above.
  • the energy carrier fluid 180 is dedusted as indicated by an optional cyclone (as an example for a hot gas dedusting means).
  • the flue gas exiting the kiln at 102 can be provided directly to the energy carrier inlet 181 of the calciner. Theoretically one could as well omit dedusting of the portion of the heat carrier fluid originating from the clinker cooler 12, thereby further increasing heat transfer to the calciner's ducts 320.
  • the drawback is that the clinker dust being transported by the tertiary air is highly abrasive, i.e. maintenance costs are increased.
  • the energy carrier fluid 180 upstream of the calciner's energy fluid inlet 181, it is favorable to dedust the flue gas from the kiln and the tertiary air 140 separately, thereby obtaining precalcined raw meal and clinker dust, separately from each other.
  • the thereby obtained fraction of precalcined raw meal can be provided to the kiln and the clinker dust fraction can be provided to a clinker reservoir
  • Fig. 2A shows a simplified cross sectional view of an example calciner 18.
  • Fig. 2B shows a detail of a longitudinal sectional view of a very similar example calciner 18.
  • the two examples are not identical in any detail, but both figures show the same underlying working and constructional principles and in this regard they can be considered to be at least almost identical.
  • the calciner 18 may be supported relative to a base (e.g. the ground) by a static support structure 390.
  • the static support structure 390 may for example rotatably support rollers 395.
  • the rollers 395 may rotatably support a bearing ring 380 having a peripheral surface 382.
  • the bearing ring 380 is integrally provided by a tubular longitudinal beam 385.
  • At least one of the rollers 395 may be driven by a drive (motor and optional transmission) being schematically indicated by arc shaped arrows 396.
  • a drive motor and optional transmission
  • the bearing ring 380 and thus the tubular longitudinal beam 385 rotates around a rotational axis 2, which defines the center of the bearing ring 380.
  • the ducts 320 each have a peripheral wall 330 separating the volume of the ducts 320 from an energy carrier fluid in the conduits 340.
  • the wall 330 is fully enclosed in a peripheral shell 350 of the conduit 340.
  • the conduit shell 350 may support the wall 330 and thus the duct 320 by at least one optional spacer 360.
  • spacers 360 see Fig. 2A ), which are preferably evenly distributed. Further, it is to be understood that the number eight is only an example for at least one.
  • the shell 350 itself, is supported by a carrier 370 having the contour of a section of a disc, in this example of a circular disc.
  • Multiple carriers 370 may be assembled to provide an (e.g., circular) carrier structure being positioned inside a tubular longitudinal beam 385 and/or the bearing ring 380.
  • the bearing ring 380 may be rotatably supported by rollers 395 relative to a static support structure 390.
  • the rollers 395 may be rotatably supported and driven as indicated by arc shaped arrows 396.
  • the bearing ring 380 i.e. the longitudinal beam
  • the rollers 395 are an example of a rotatable bearing of the duct 320 relative to the static support structure 390.
  • the ducts 320 may have at least one optional baffle plate 325, optionally being attached to the wall 330.
  • Fig. 2B shows a lower number of baffle plates than Fig. 2A .
  • the baffle plates 325 increase the heat transfer of the wall 330 into the duct volume 320 and in operation are cold ends of a heat sink. These baffle plates 325 further stir the raw meal in the duct, i.e. provide for a homogeneous heat distribution.
  • Inclining (optionally) the longitudinal direction of at least one baffle plate 325 relative to a direction being parallel to the rotational axis 2, enables to increase or decrease the conveying rate of the raw meal in a wider range by altering the rotational speed of rotation of the ducts 320.
  • At least one optional heat-collector blade 345 Preferably, a number bigger than one is installed, thus below we use the plural "heat-collector blades 345", which of course means “at least one optional heat-collector blade 345".
  • These heat-collector blades 345 may be (e.g. longitudinally extending) profiles extending into the volume of the conduit 340 (omitted in Fig. 2B ) being attached to the conduit side of the wall 330. In operation, the heat collector blades 345 are thus in direct thermal contact with the heat-carrier fluid and accordingly heat up. By thermal conduction, the heat is provided to the wall 330, being in thermal contact with the heat collector blades 345.
  • the heat collector blades 345 increase the temperature of the wall 330 and thus the heat transfer to the raw meal inside the duct 320.
  • the heat collector blades may be configured to stir the heat carrier fluid to thereby further increase heat transfer.
  • the heat-collector blades 345 may be vortex generators being attached, e.g. to the wall 330. The thereby created vortices in the heat carrier fluid reduce the radial temperature gradient in the conduit and thus increase heat transfer via the walls 330 to the raw meal in the respective duct 320.
  • At least one longitudinal beam 375 may be attached to at least one of the carriers 370(, preferably as depicted to all of them) and thus to the carrier structure.
  • the longitudinal beam 375 may extend for example coaxially with the rotational axis 2.
  • the optional beam 375 further reduces sag of the ducts 320 and the conduits 340.
  • the carriers jointly form an optional recess through which the longitudinal beam 375 extends.
  • the calciner 18 has a heat carrier inlet 181 tube, being centered with the rotational axis.
  • the heat carrier inlet 181 is connected by a connection tube with the conduit 340, thereby enabling a fluid flow from the heat carrier fluid inlet to the heat carrier fluid outlet 182 (see Fig. 1 ).
  • a rotary joint 81 may connect the heat carrier inlet with a heat carrier source (e.g. a tertiary air duct 140, a combustion heater 16, the kiln's flue gas exit, ).
  • a heat carrier source e.g. a tertiary air duct 140, a combustion heater 16, the kiln's flue gas exit, .
  • the raw meal flow is preferable countercurrent to the energy carrier fluid's flow direction as indicated by the arrow 180 (cf. Fig. 2B and Fig. 1A ).
  • the raw meal may be released, e.g. via a chute or a bunker (see Fig. 1B ).
  • a portion 108a of the calcined raw meal 108 may be provided to the kiln's raw meal inlet (cf. Fig. 1A ) another portion 108b of the calcined raw meal may be conveyed to a carbonator 28 (cf. Fig. 1A ).
  • Fig. 3 shows a further example of a calciner 18. Similar to the calciners 18 in Fig. 2A , 2B , the calciner 18 has an (optional) static support structure with optional rollers 395 rotatably supporting a bearing ring 380.
  • the bearing ring 380 may support a tubular longitudinal beam 385. In this example the bearing ring 380 and the tubular longitudinal beam 385 are different parts. This concept can be transferred to other examples of the calciner 18, in particular to the example as shown in Fig. 2A and 2B .
  • a conduit shell 350 of a conduit 340 for conveying an energy carrier fluid 180 (compare Fig. 1 ) essentially along the rotational axis 2.
  • the conduit volume 340 is delimited radially by a preferably circular cylindrical inner boundary 355 of the conduit 340.
  • a number of ducts 320 each may be defined by a cylindrical wall 330 (as example, circular cylindrical walls are shown).
  • conduit shell 350 The space being delimited by conduit shell 350, the inner boundary 355 and the walls 330 is the conduit volume enabling an energy carrier to flow essentially parallel to the rotational axis and thereby transfers, via the walls 330 heat to preheated raw meal 102 in the ducts' volumes 320.
  • Baffles plates 325, heat collector blades 345 and spacers 360 have been omitted in this figure for simplicity, only, but may be added independently from each other.
  • FIG. 4 Another aspect of the invention is shown in Fig. 4 .
  • This aspect may be the subject matter of an independent claim or a divisional application and is related to a spacer 360 configured for supporting a wall 330 of a duct 320 relative to a conduit shell 350 and/or a conduit's inner boundary 355.
  • the spacer 360 may be of a piece 361 of sheet material, e.g. of a piece of sheet metal 361.
  • the piece 361 may have a first leg 362 being configured to be firmly attached to a surface of a wall 330 facing side of a conduit shell 350 or to a surface of the conduit's inner boundary 355.
  • the first leg may be configured to be firmly attached to a surface of the wall 330 facing towards the shell 350 or the conduits inner boundary 355 (see Fig. 5 ).
  • the first leg 362 may not be moved relative to the conduit 340 without releasing the attachment.
  • the first leg 362 preferably has an attachment surface 362a configured to be tangentially attached to the conduit's or wall's surface. From the first leg 362 extends (at least one) second leg 363 being curved away from the conduit's or wall's surface, respectively.
  • the second leg 363 provides a slider 364, being configured to slide on the wall 330 or the conduit shell 350 (or conduit inner boundary 355), respectively.
  • the spacer 360 thus provides a radial support of the conduit 340 relative to the duct 320 (and vice versa), while enabling an axial displacement of the conduit 340 relative to the duct 320.
  • This axial displacement enables to compensate for different thermal elongations of the duct 320 and the conduit 340.
  • elasticity of the sheet material as well enables to compensate for different thermally induced radial expansion and contraction of the duct 320 and the conduit 340, as well as to allow some sag of the duct 320 relative to the conduit 340 and/or vice versa.

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