| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Energy Technologies and CO2 Management
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| Presentation Title |
Benchmarking of Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in Cement Production – A Case Study |
| Author(s) |
Shoaib Sarfraz, Ziyad Sherif, Mark Jolly, Konstantinos Salonitis |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Shoaib Sarfraz |
| Abstract Scope |
Foundation industries like cement face challenges with energy use, emissions, and resource consumption in manufacturing. Benchmarking is a powerful tool to enable sustainable progress. This study benchmarks energy and CO2 for a 2850 tonne/day UK cement plant and investigates Best Available Techniques (BATs) to identify performance improvements. Industrial data is analysed across major process stages including raw material grinding, clinkerization, and cement grinding. Metrics per tonne like thermal and electrical energy intensity, recovered heat, and CO2 intensity are calculated. Data is compared to literature benchmarks of global averages and best practices. Although surpassing global average values, the plant lags European best practices across all metrics, signalling room for substantial improvement. Adopting BATs could reduce clinkerisation thermal intensity by 26% and cement grinding electrical intensity by 61%, surpassing benchmarks. The benchmarking approach developed can guide the implementation of energy conservation measures and the adoption of best practices by the cement industry to reduce its carbon footprint. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Environmental Effects, Sustainability, Other |