“…The mineralogical composition of hot meal is a good indicator of the process parameters (temperature, partial pressure, composition of the raw materials, burner flame characteristics etc.). In fact, the control of preheater efficiency, prediction of the materials flowability and the refractories wear-out can be monitored by estimating the calcite, the chloride and sulfate salts amount, respectively (Choi and Glasser, 1988;Hegde and Chaturvedi, 1995).…”