Course Details

This workshop is applicable to:

• Cement production engineers
• Cement project engineers
• Cement supervisors and technicians

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids 
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement 
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges 
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand cement chemistry, process and quality at the factory level.
• Understand clinker quality and kiln operations that have arisen during the manufacturing of cement

DAY 1

Module 1: Factors affecting the efficiency and productivity of cement kiln operations

• Pre-test

• Combination and combinability – combination of the raw materials into the clinker minerals:

• Thermodynamics
• Calcination of CaCO3
• Zur Strassen theories
• Raw material mineralogical effects
• Intermediate combination products
• Inhibitors
• Fluxes and mineralizers Cyclic phenomena:
• Mechanism
• Hot mineral interactions
• Internal and external cycles

DAY 2

Module 2: Chemistry of Blending

• Defining variability
• Variability time base
• Why reduce variability
• What impact can it have on the process

DAY 3

Module 3: Kilns

• Types of Kilns
• Kilns Control
• Refractory

DAY 4

Module 4: Kilns

• Phase Equilibrium:
• CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 ternary system
• Deviation from Bogue mineralogy
• Crystal forms & polymorphs
• Combustion & reduction

DAY 5

Module 5: Factors affecting safety and emissions to the environment

• Dust
• CO and THCs
• Acid Gases
• Heavy Metals
• Dioxins & Furans
• Heavy Metals
• Post-test