April 2024

The April 2024 issue of World Cement kicks things off with Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist at the PCA, providing an overview of the year ahead for the US cement industry. The issue then moves on to cover a range of technical topics, including Carbon Capture (featuring an item from our Cover advertiser, FLSmidth Cement), Silo Construction & Maintenance, Materials Handling, Gas Flow Measurement, Kilns & Pyroprocessing, Drives & Bearings, Air Pollution Control, Decarbonisation, and more. This issue also includes a post-show review of World Cement’s EnviroTech conference & exhibition.

This month's front cover is brought to you by FLSmidth Cement.

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REGIONAL REPORT: NORTH AMERICA

2024: An Industry Balancing Act
Ed Sullivan, PCA, provides insight into what the US cement industry’s growth will look like in the coming year.

CARBON CAPTURE

Carbon Capture: Are We There Yet?
Kiranmai Sanagavarapu and David Jayanth, FLSmidth Cement, share highlights from a cross-industry panel discussion on carbon capture in the cement industry, with a focus on the US.

Smoothing The Way For CCUS
Gary LeMaire and Jeff Smith, Worley, explain how rolling out CCUS for cement will involve breaking down traditional silos between sectors and disciplines.

SILO CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE

Cementing A Future In Yemen
Daniele Sciuto, Euromecc, details a collaboration with Sira Cement on a full-scale project in Yemen.

Tips For Silo Soundness
Dennis Blauser, Marietta Silos, provides insight and advice on silo inspection and maintenance.

Solving Silo Buildup Challenges
Chris Landers, IGS, and Jeff Shelton, Dracyon Corp, provide insights and advice to help solve silo buildup challenges.

MATERIALS HANDLING

Calculating Conveyor Efficiency
Todd Swinderman, Martin Engineering, explains how conveyor trough angles affect skirt wear.

Winning High Wear Challenges
Ken Ryan, The A.J. Weller Corporation, discusses the use of flatback elbow designs with replaceable wear components to help solve high wear challenges.

Diagnosing Screen Media Problems
Serge Raymond, MAJOR, explains how to find the best solution to common screening issues.

GAS FLOW MEASUREMENT

Let’s Talk About Tads
Hans Georg Conrads, PROMECON, discusses the use of tertiary air ducts and considers solutions to the challenge of measuring tertiary air flow.

KILNS & PYROPROCESSING

Advancing Alternative Fuel Substitution
M. Akritopoulos and T. Abbas, Cinar, explain how to enable higher alternative fuel substitution through advanced computational tools.

Calls For Custom Ramps
Heather Harding, Bricking Solutions, explores the benefits of custom kiln access ramps.

DRIVES & BEARINGS

Modern Mounting Techniques
Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions explores modern mounting techniques and tools which can significantly extend bearing life expectancy.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

Cutting The Costs Of Emissions Compliance
Dr. Ian Saratovsky, Gerald Hunt, & Travis Reynolds, Lhoist North America, explore how the dry sorbent injection process can be optimised to ensure the lowest overall cost of compliance with emissions standards.

Refining Filters With Fibres
Nathan Schindler, Evonik Corporation, and Robert Wood, Micronics, demonstrate why filters are only as good as their fibres.

Boosting Raw Mill Baghouses
Ritesh Karnik, Thermax Limited, explains how raw mill baghouse performance can be enhanced.

DECARBONISATION

Rethinking Fuel
Ian Jones, WKE, details how UK cement producers can navigate the shift towards sustainable alternatives amid rising emissions taxes.

A Race To Carbon Neutrality
Christopher Kiddle, AVEVA, argues that a digital transformation is critical to aiding the cement industry’s path to sustainability.

Carbon Storage In Concrete
Gareth Davies and Luan Ho, Tunley Environmental, consider the role of carbon sequestration in concrete when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarbonisation News
World Cement highlights some recent decarbonisation-focused stories from the cement sector. Includes updates from: Votorantim Cimentos, Schwenk Zement, Heidelberg Materials, and Cemex.

GENERAL INTEREST

Sea The Future
Dr Christian Tutundjian, BLUESEA, explains how concrete can be made with seawater, thus reducing the impact on the planet’s freshwater supplies.

ENVIROTECH: THE GATEWAY TO GREEN CEMENT

2024 Post-Show Review
World Cement takes a look back at the recent success of our first in-person conference & exhibition, which brought together cement industry professionals from around the world to discuss the challenge of decarbonisation.