17th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition on alternative fuels and hydrogen for cement and lime 2024
18 - 19 September 2024, Dublin, Ireland
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17th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition on alternative fuels and hydrogen for cement and lime 2024
'An introduction to alternative fuels in the cement industry:' 17 September 2024, Dublin
Training by Stéphane Poellaer and Michael Hinkel, Alterline (bookable separately during or after conference registration)
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What the course attendees said...
- Loved the information: Great crash course on AF - well done!
- Thank you so much for this valuable course
- Extremely insightful and useful, with well-informed presenters
- Really interesting - lots of information
Outline programme, subject to change
09:00 Registration and networking
09:30 Presenters and delegates introduce themselves
10:00 course starts
Basics of clinker production
AF Development as Best Practices of the cement and lime sector
Main AF KPIs and business models for AF Development (Waste to Resource Value Chain)
Coffee break and networking
Main AF types and how and where to feed them (Co-Processing)
Typical AF production processes (Pre-Processing)
Lunch
Critical Elements and Properties of AF
Main Impacts of AF on process, quality & emissions and the way to mitigate them
Typical AF Quality Control (QC) and Assurance procedures
Coffee break and networking
Design and Process Safety aspects of Pre- and Co-processing
Wrap-up and conclusion
17:00 - Training ends
16:00 - 21:00 Conference Registration
18:00 - 20:00 Welcome party in Exhibition area
Below: CemFuels Short Course 2023
15th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition on alternative fuels for cement and lime 2022
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Full information will be posted here in due course
What's the secret behind the top-performance in waste recovery at ENCI-Maastricht?
"Vision" and "passion", that are the key-words behind the extra-ordinary results that ENCI achieves in alternative fuels- and raw material usage. In the early sixties the plant started as one of the first kilns in Europe to co-process shale, a residue of the local mining industry. A next remarkable step was made in the nineties, long before the word biomass and CO2 trading became popular, by utilising the potential of sewage sludge as a fuel and raw material substitute. Today, the plant is still experimenting with new waste streams in order to remain competitive in financial and ecological terms.
Early mover in recognizing the value of waste
The oil crisis of 1973 was still "unthinkable" when ENCI decided to start co-processing shale, a residue from the local mining industry. Although the heat value was extremely low, due to the high ash-content, the entrepreneurs of ENCI believed that it was possible to produce high-quality clinker with this material in the fuel mix, as long as the shale was grinded fine enough. Significant investments were made in grinding equipment and storage and feeding lines. Finally it turned out to be a big success and the shale usage lasted till 1999, so more than 30 years!
By using the shale the management, engineers and operators learned to trust "low quality" fuels. Next to this, a good relation was build with the Flame-Institute in Ijmuiden, that could simulate the burning behaviour in a small scale kiln.
Early mover in biomass wastes
In the nineties, the landfilling and use as fertilizer of sewage sludge was banned in the Netherlands, due to risks associated with it. ENCI initiated a platform with all sludge producers in the area to investigate potential solutions. Although the sewage sludge, even after drying, would have a low calorific value, the ENCI-engineers were convinced that it would work. At that time there was no CO2-trading market, so no-one was interested in this biomass. ENCI however investigated intensively the burning behaviour, health and safety-aspects and made large scale pilot tests. It was the first plant in the world that started to grind sewage sludge.
Finally all this entrepreneurial work in technology ànd in developing a public private partnership with the waste water treatment company in Limburg, resulted in a unique feature: until today, the plant is replacing 30% of its primary fuel by sewage sludge.
Early mover in exchange of knowledge
Already in the nineties the cement plants recognized that sharing non-commercial knowledge gives mutual benefits. Becoming part of HeidelbergCement, ENCI-engineers were well prepared to share the knowledge with other plants within the Group. Meanwhile, the knowledge of ENCI has been very helpful for sewage sludge applications in Germany, USA, Belgium, Czech Republic, Turkey, China and Sweden. On the other hand, ENCI benefitted from the knowledge in HC-Group on valorising hazardous waste.
Development of application of sulphuric acid ammonia residue
The experience of HeidelbergCement in hazardous waste usage is a considerable support in the current evaluation of the use of ZA-oil, a residue from a sulphuric acid ammonia plant that is operated by the chemical multinational DSM. The material has been carefully analyzed on its composition and health and safety aspects.
The ZA-oil will be stored in a separate tank and will be supplied by a just-in-time principle. In order to make that possible a transparent and professional agreement and cooperation with the waste management company involved is key.
The visitors of ENCI on 7 march as part of the Global Fuels Conference in Aachen will be able to see also this new facility in operation.
For more information:
Jan Theulen
Global Waste Co-processing Manager
HeidelbergCement
jan.theulen@heidelbergcement.com
Frans Erens
Director ENCI-Maastricht
HeidelbergCement
FErens@enci.nl
4th Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar on alternative fuels for cement and lime
Tuesday 15 February 2022
10:00 - 16:00 Central European Time (CET) (Berlin, Paris, Rome)
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Seminar participants are automatically enrolled as registered users of Global Cement - including free news updates, magazine notifications and more.
For commercial enquiries, including sponsored presentations, please contact Paul Brown, paul.brown@propubs.com, or +44 776 7475 998.
The organisers retain the right to rescind any registration at any time, for any reason, and to vary the programme and/or offering.
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Over 1150 delegates from the following 98 countries registered for the 4th Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, , Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
What did the delegates say?
- Good selection of papers and good time frame for virtual webinar.
- The subsequent Zoom session... was excellent for me today.
- It has provided good knowledge on AFR.
- Post event Zoom meeting best for me
- Really it is excellent chance for those who were not able to attend the live conferences.
- Very technical presentations - really made for specialists operating cement plants.
- I appreciate the accessibility of online conferences. The conference was well organised. Speakers were technical and detailed, but at the same time clear.
- As good as it virtually can be.
- Excellent range of topics - alternative fuels an important area for cement industry to decarbonise
- Once again Global cement have a first class conference in difficult times. It is a great help that conferences are recorded so parts of the speakers presentations which are missed can be picked up later. 1100+ delegates from 98 countries, well done.
- Nicely designed content with good presenters having expertise in their field
- Excellent organisation by Rob and Paul
- I liked it all. Congratulations!
- Quality papers and presenters, and useful tips for action and points for consideration.
- The format is good and practical with excellent time management by the host.
- Your approach is rather good... I will not ask to change it
- You all are doing very well! Continue this way...
- Thanks for informative webinar
- Overall it's a good conference and well organised.
- I am grateful for the knowledge exchange that you offer on Global Cement and how accessible it is. I appreciate the accessibility of the information and the welcoming spirit that I felt in the Zoom meeting.
- It was a miracle that all speakers have been able to talk and present their slides in a proper format. Congratulations for the preparation !
- Thank you for all your efforts and making this event possible! It was a pleasure and fun to join.
- Congratulation on the conference organization and delivery!
- Global Cement has been very generous allowing free remote /virtual attendance of quality conferences. Appreciated.
Programme for 4th Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar 2022
Programme is run on Central European Time (Paris, Berlin, Rome) and is subject to change
09.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 1
10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10.10 Paper 1: 'AF: Meeting the chlorine challenge,’ Stéphane Poellaer, Michael Hinkel; Alterline srl
10.35: Q&A
10.45 Paper 2: 'Consistent sustainability - What does this really mean for the use of AF?' Luigi Di Matteo, DI MATTEO Förderanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
11.15: Q&A
11.25 Paper 3: 'Smart and compact solutions in AF handling,'Gökhan Keskin, ATS Walter Materials Handling
11.50: Q&A
12.00 Break: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 2
12.25 Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
12.30 Paper 4: 'Protecting the kiln with full automated water cooling,’ Dirk Schmidt, KIMA Process Control GmbH
12.55 Q&A
13.05 Paper 5: 'From dust to bulk dosing of alternative fuels,' Juan José Riesgo, FLSmidth Pfister GmbH
13.30 Q&A
13.40 Paper 6: 'Co-processing of non-recyclable plastic waste in China and Vietnam,’ Kåre Helge Karstensen, SINTEF
14.05 Q&A
14.15 Break: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 3
14.40 Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
14.45 Paper 7: 'Analytical air classification for quality assurance,’ Hubert Baier, WhiteLabel-TandemProjects e.U.
15.10 Q&A
15.20 Paper 8: 'The dos and don’ts for progress to 100% calciner and kiln TSR,’ Joana Bretz, TRIE/OPECS
15.55 Q&A
16.05 Discussion and final comments
16.10 Sponsored Video Presentations, Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session
3rd Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar
21 September 2021
The 3rd Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar attracted over 550 delegates, from the following countries:
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
What did the attendees say?
- Conference was excellent in all levels (themes, presenters, administrators)
- The conference ran perfectly to time, ample time for questions and 3 sessions with breaks to catch up on other things and catch some air. A long day but it didn't feel like it, well done.
Good: - It just happened in an efficient way
- It was absolutely amazing, in terms of organizing and quality of topics. Really fruitful!
- The Virtual Seminar was well planned and organised. Keep up the job well done.
- It was a pleasure to catch up with this still very important topic. Thank you for your efforts and for making this event possible. Of course I miss the chit-chat in breaks and during the dinner... Looking forward to the next real life event!
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Programme
Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)
Session 1
09.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10.05 Paper 1: Keynote: 'Geocycle Egypt activities in Egypt and in the MEA region,’ Neils Ledinek, Lafarge Egypt
10.30: Q&A
10.40 Paper 2: 'Flexible feeding of alternative fuels,' Eric Schimpf, Schenck Process
11.05 Q&A
11.15 Paper 3: 'How to estimate and prevent AF impacts on kiln process,' Stéphane Poellaer, Alterline srl
11.40 Q&A
11.50 Paper 4: 'Setting standards in the use of alternative fuels,' Luigi Di Matteo, Di Matteo Förderanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
12.15 Q&A
12.25 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 2
13.00 Paper 5: 'Road map to produce calcined clay,’ Joel Maia, FCT
13.25 Q&A
13.35 Paper 6: ‘Alternative fuels: How you can maintain high throughput using process-based Artificial Intelligence,’ Liran Akavia, Seebo
14.00 Q&A
14.10 Paper 7: 'Non-recyclable plastic waste – a global problem but an opportunity for the cement industry,’ Kåre Karstensen, SINTEF
14.35 Q&A
14.45 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 3
15.10 Paper 8: ‘Are you aware of the explosive nature of alternative fuels? A guide to best possible protection’ Berthold Bussieweke, Thorwesten Vent GmbH; Robert Becker, robecco
15.35 Q&A
15.45 Paper 9: Closing keynote: ‘How Covid has changed the composition and economics of alternative fuels,’ Mark Terrell, Andusia Recovered Fuels Limited
16.10 Q&A
16.15 Discussion and final comments
16.20 Sponsored Video Presentations, Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session
2nd Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar on alternative fuels for cement and lime
23 February 2021
Delegates registered from the following 85 countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Republic Of (South Korea), Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen
What the delegates said:
- Congratulations, an excellent initiative.
- All of the presentations were valuable & all speakers were experts in the field.
- Very interesting topics especially nowadays when cement producers are under pressure to reduce CO2 emissions but also to find way to reduce production costs and in particular energy costs.
- Does exactly what it says on the tin, and the IT worked fine for me.
- The presenters were outstanding, very well done and knowledgeable about the subject.
- Very good and worth watching it. Keep up the good work!
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Programme
Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome) and is subject to change
09.00: Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 1
10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10.05 Paper 1: Keynote: 'Status of alternative fuels in the global cement industry,' Claudia Stefanoiu, CemBR
10.30: Q&A
10.40 Paper 2: 'Latest developments for the successful use of alternative fuel,' Luigi Di Matteo, Di Matteo Förderanlagen
11.05 Q&A
11.15 Paper 3: 'Flexible feeding of alternative fuels,' Eric Schimpf, Schenck Process
11.40 Q&A
11.50 Paper 4: 'Handling of alternative fuels with piston pumps,' Roman Eggert, Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH
12.15 Q&A
12.25 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 2
13.00 Paper 5: 'AFR safety: a key condition for success - Better to prevent than to repent,' Stéphane Poellaer, Alterline sprl
13.25 Q&A
13.35 Paper 6: 'Alternative fuels: One step closer to your MissionZero,' Juan José Riesgo, FLSmidth - Feeding and Dosing
14.00 Q&A
14.10 Paper 7: 'The Kilncooler: Prolong your kiln operation with cooling on the point,' Dirk Schmidt, Kima Process Control GmbH
14.35 Q&A
14.45 Exhibition Time Slides, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 3
15.10 Paper 8: 'Explosion protection for alternative fuels,' Berthold Bussieweke, Thorwesten Vent GmbH
15.35 Q&A
15.45 Paper 9: Closing keynote: 'How and why an alternative fuels strategy should be critical for cement manufacturers,' John Kline, Kline Consulting LLC
16.10 Q&A
16.15 Discussion and final comments
16.20 Sponsored Video Presentations, Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session
1st Virtual Global CemFuels Seminar on alternative fuels for cement and lime
22 September 2020
Delegate comments:
- The conference was very interesting and I wish you more progress and success
- In general, the conference has seemed excellent to me.
- The presentations have had a high technical content and are very well presented.
- I found them [to be] very interesting topics
- I could only congratulate you on the perfect organization - and variety of topics related to AF with the high level of good and valuable information.
- Well done. Time management was fantastic.
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Programme
Programme is run on Central European Time (Berlin, Paris, Rome)
09.00 Exhibition Time & Cyber-Networking, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 1
10.00: Welcome and house-keeping, Robert McCaffrey, moderator
10.05 Paper 1: Keynote presentation 1: ‘An overview of waste trends and developments in Alternative Fuels markets,’ Andy Hill, N+P
10.30: Q&A
10.35 Paper 2: ‘The secret of success – the right technologies for alternative fuels,’ Luigi Di Matteo, Di Matteo Förderanlagen
10.55 Q&A
11.00 Paper 3: ‘Producing ‘green’ cement using FCT calcined clay technologies,’ Joel Maia, FCT Combustion
11.20 Q&A
11.25 Paper 4: ‘A roadmap for AF investment efficiency,’ Taís Mazza, Loesche/aixergee/ATEC
11.45 Q&A
11.50 Break & Exhibition time, Sponsored Video Presentations
Session 2
12.15 Paper 5: Keynote presentation 2: ‘AFR development: the main steps to take,’ Stéphane Poellaer, Alterline
12.40 Q&A
12.45 Paper 6: ‘KHD’s solutions for efficient AFR utilisation,’ Norbert Streit, KHD Humboldt Wedag
13.05 Q&A
13.10 Paper 7: ‘Profitable, on-specification alternative fuel production,’ Gary Moore, UNTHA shredding technology
13.30 Q&A
13.35 Paper 8: ‘Alternative fuel flames need protection of the refractory and kiln shell,’ Dirk Schmidt, Kima Process Control GmbH
13.55 Q&A
14.00 Break & Exhibition time
Session 3
14.30 Paper 9: Keynote presentation 3: ‘Process requirements from an alternative fuel system - what does the process want, and what does it need?’ John Kline, Kline Consulting
14.55 Q&A
15.00 Paper 10: ‘Wear-resistant ceramic linings for SRF pipelines,' Nick Sutherland, Welding Alloys Group
15.20 Q&A
15.25 Discussion and final comments, Sponsored Video Presentations
15.30 Programme end & Zoom informal discussion session