A Review on Thermodynamics Analysis and Waste Energy Utilization in Cement Industry

Abstract

In India, cement manufacturing process consumes about 15-20% energy among all the energy consuming industries. Reduction in energy consumption in cement production process is the prime concern. Therefore, detailed review on the energy use and reserves is essential to find out energy wastage so that essential actions could be applied to decrease energy consumption. In this paper energy use at different sections of cement industries based on the thermodynamic analysis specially Exergy analysis, alternative fuel used for cement kilns, various energy savings measures were reviewed and presented.