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Coal as Fuel
Kiln Output
Compound %age Amount Flow rate M.W no. of moles
tonne/day kg/hr kg/kgmole kg mole/hr
C3S 53.8 538 22416.66667 228.3145 98.18328081
C2S 20.19 201.9 8412.5 172.2375 48.8424414
C3A 6.4 64 2666.666667 270.1912 9.869554103
C4AF 12.04 120.4 5016.666667 485.9551 10.32331313
LOI 1.92 19.2 800
IR 0.4 4 166.6666667
Alkali eq. 0.6 6 250
MgO 2.84 28.4 1183.333333 40.304
Cl 0.01 0.1 4.166666667 35.453 147.7208333
free lime 1.8 18 750
Total 100 1000 41666.66667
CO2 42.77108529 Waste gas Compound M.W
SO3 80.066
SO2 64.066
S 32.065
O2 31.998
CaO 56.077
SiO2 60.0835
Al2O3 101.96
Fe2O3 159.687
CaCO3 100.0857
CO2 44.0087
C 12.0107
Now the CaO and othe component obtained from three major sources as
limestone,
Fly ash
Coal used as fuel
let us take 545 tons from limestone and other from Fly ash and Coal used in combustion
From Eq. 2
Now remaining CaO from fly ash and Coal ash content generated from combustion =78.31152077
Thar Coal
Coal Quality Lignite %
Moisture 44.5
Volatile Matter 26.08
Fixed Carbon 22
Ash 6.5
Sulphur 0.92
Total 100
First, we have to remove moisture content then , the fixed carbon percentage increased after moisture
removal
Thar Coal
Coal Quality Lignite %
Moisture 5.12
Volatile Matter 44.58
Fixed Carbon 37.7
Ash 11
Sulphur 1.6
Total 100
Value of fixed carbon = 37.7
C + O2 CO2
In kiln = 165.7649919
In preheater = 110.5099946
For Coal
S + O2 SO2
For Coal
S + O2 SO2
For Coal
For kiln
Coal as Fuel
Assume that
Conversion of CaCO3
In preheater = 90%
In Kiln = 10 %
Kiln Input
Component preheater Ash due to Fly ash
output fuel comb.
tonne/day tonne/day tonne/day Waste gases
CaCO3 97.27108529
SiO2 86.49998988 5.94 118.8
Al2O3 18.9130256 1.716 29.52
Fe2O3 0.968 1.452 37.44
CaO 490.5 1.716 75.6
MgO 0.1848 0.2772 28.08
Na2O + K2O 0.1848 0.2772 5.76
TiO2 0.0352 0.0528 5.76
SO3 1.0296 32.04
LOI 0.2992 0.4488 15.12
Undetermine 73.56247989 0.2904 11.88
Total 768.4185807 13.2 360
input output
Component Amount Component Amount Component Amount Compou Amount
nd
From Coal tons/da From tons/day tons/day Waste tons/day
y Gas
Combustion Limestone
Ash CaCO3 972.71085 CaCO3 97.27108 CO2 495.44976
29 53 22
SiO2 3.96 SiO2 82.539989 SiO2 86.49998 SO2 3.1066783
88 99 52
Al2O3 1.144 Al2O3 17.769025 Al2O3 18.91302
6 56
Fe2O3 0.968 Fe2O3 0.968
CaO 1.144 CaO 491.644
MgO 0.1848 MgO 0.1848
Na2O + K2O 0.1848 Na2O + K2O 0.1848
TiO2 0.0352 TiO2 0.0352
SO3 0.6864
LOI 0.2992 LOI 0.2992
undetermin 0.1936 undetermin 73.368879 undetermin 73.56247
ed ed 89 ed 99
Total 8.8 Total 1146.3887 Total 769.5625 Total 498.55644
48 81 06
For preheater
Balance on CF Silo
Input
1146.388748 tonne/day
CF Silo Output
1146.388748 tonne/day
Balance on EP
Assume that 0.1% of the material on hourly basis is loss during fan suction and recover from EP
Efficiency of EP is 99.44 %
Input
48.08145475 Kg/hr
EP Output
47.7661978 Kg/hr
1.153954914 tonne/day 1.14638875 tonne/day
Material waste
0.007566166 tons/day
0.315256906 Kg/hr.
Balance on Grinding Mill
Assume that the material is lost in that area so input material taken to be high
Storage
Output
Input
1146.430706 tonne/day 1146.396314 tonne/day
47767.9461 kg/hr 47766.5131 kg/hr
Balance on Crusher
Crusher Output
Input 1146.43071 tonne/day
1146.430706 tonne/day
Feed
Polytrack
cooler Output
Input 1000 tonne/day Clinker
1000 tonne/day
Input = output
Cement
Clinker 1000 tonne/day Mill
Cement 1050 tonne/day
Gypsum 50 tonne/day